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Parasites Can Mind-Control Animals Without Infecting Them
In 2018, everything is a metaphor. By Ed Yong.
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Back To Nature
Nightmares On Wax
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Barbearians at the Gate
In Grafton, New Hampshire (pop. 1,300), residents will use anything—guns, electric fences, firecrackers, cayenne pepper, bottle rockets—to defend themselves from bears. But is the town's ursine threat just fake news? By Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling.
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Why America’s Version of Capitalism Is Incompatible With Democracy
To restore our democracy after Trump, we will need to reduce the material inequalities that were eroding popular sovereignty long before his rise. By Eric Levitz.
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National Geographic's Clever New Cover Contains Chilling Warning About Plastics
National Geographic warns of the devastating effects that plastics are having on the planet with a clever cover for its June edition. By Lee Moran.
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Prehistoric Reptilian Leatherbacked Nocturnal Beach Layers in Trinidad & Tobago |
I recently witnessed several Prehistoric Reptilian Leatherbacked Nocturnal Beach Layers crawling on to our shores late at night. Relax! There's no need to be afraid, this 100 million year old species pose absolutely no threat. In fact, it needs our protection. Still wondering what they are? I'm talking about Leatherback sea turtles. Leatherback Turtle at dawn after nesting Now After several drafts of this post I let a friend read it before publishing, his exact responses were, "I know that you like facts but, dig deep for your feelings" and "you're like a turtle!" I laughed and frowned. I then went back to the old keyboard, hopefully I was...
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Is This Clothing, Food, or an Endangered Species? Take Our Quiz
Beyond pandas and tigers, how many endangered species do you really know? By Elaina Zachos.
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Invasive, Cannibalistic Tree Frogs Are Spreading Across the Gulf Coast
It is a cannibalistic, fist-sized frog covered in a noxious mucous secretion that burns your eyes. Its affinity for human structures leads it to clog drains and short-out the utility switches in which they lurk. They are spreading through the U.S. and we can’t stop them. Several message board commenters report that this proliferation is part of a communist invasion. By Michael Isaac Stein.
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Save Our Planet by Protecting Migratory Birds and their ‘Epic Journeys,’ urges UN Chief
As they make their global journeys, migratory birds not only set birdwatchers’ binoculars agog, they also help the planet maintain its essential ecological balance.
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Exterminating Sparrows
A Lesson From History. By Terry Townshend.
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Suswa Rift: Kenya is splitting
Somalia and half of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania are expected to split from Africa to form a new continent. Forces of the Earth are the strongest at the base of the valley, yet it is also here that geological processes are most active. The rains have only aggravated the situation by washing away the ash, eventually exposing the cracks.
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The Caribou and the Mosquito
The impacts of climate change ripple through ecosystems in unexpected ways.
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'Collapse of civilisation is a near certainty within decades'
Fifty years after the publication of his controversial book The Population Bomb, biologist Paul Ehrlich warns overpopulation and overconsumption are driving us over the edge. By Damian Carrington.
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Water Shortages will put 5 Billion People at Risk by 2050, U.N. Warns
Climate change, pollution, and growing demand will put increased pressure on the world's water supplies.
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When Twenty-Six Thousand Stinkbugs Invade Your Home
These uniquely versatile bugs are decimating crops and infiltrating houses all across the country. Will we ever be able to get rid of them?
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Vanishing Dead Sea - a Hermit Haven
A naked man covered in mud lies on a beach, nearby a dreadlocked recluse reads from the Book of Exodus and a woman strikes a low soothing note from a Tibetan singing bowl.
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A Parliament of Owls
Robert O. Paxton reviews “The Enigma of the Owl: An Illustrated Natural History” by Mike Unwin and David Tipling, and “Owls: A Guide to Every Species in the World” by Marianne Taylor.
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Death by Dining: An Unbalanced Day’s Breakfast
“Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments” – Bethenny Frankel. By Aaron Dabbah.
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Snake alarm call makes birds scan for approaching predators
The ability to visualise an object associated with a sound was once thought to be unique to humans. But some birds seem to have that ability as well, a study has found.
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The Hot Mess Of The Free Market’s Side Effects
How every little thing affects every other thing… By Rob Larson.
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