Tag: Environment
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The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life
Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand whyâas she battles the condition herself.
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The sludge king: how one man turned an industrial wasteland into his own El Dorado
When a Romanian businessman returned to his hometown and found a city blighted by mining waste, he hatched a plan to restore it to its former glory. He became a local hero, but now prosecutors accuse of him a running a multimillion dollar fraud
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Beings Seen and Unseen
An Interview with Amitav Ghosh In this wide-ranging conversation, Amitav Ghosh calls on storytellers to lead us in the necessary work of collective reimagining: decentering human narratives and re-centering stories of the land.
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The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier Reef
Inside a bold â and controversial â effort to cool the water around this beloved ecosystem.
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Is this the end for Easter Island’s moai statues?
Easter Island’s famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage.
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Swat Team
Mosquito larvae, says Erin Mordecai, are cute. But they grow into humankindâs deadliest foesâwhich is why she and her colleagues are trying to figure out where on Earth the little buggers are about to strike.