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All the Reasons to Be Optimistic About Our Second Pandemic Winter

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Why Are River Otters Now Attacking Humans?

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Cesar Millan’s Method of Dominating Dogs Got Debunked a Long Time Ago. Why Is It Still So Popular?

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The Toilet Paper Companies Destroying Canada

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Could We Use Floods to Prevent Forest Fires?

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Why Parents Shouldn’t Hunker Down and Wait for a “Return to Normal”

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There’s a Silver Lining in the Extremely Bleak New Climate Report

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The Unexpected Life Form That’s a Literal Gold Mine

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Climate Change Is Killing Beautiful Music, Too

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The Secret Treasure Lying in Big Ol’ Dams

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Edgar Allan Poe’s Wild, Forgotten Science Writing Has a Lesson for Our COVID Moment

John Tresch

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Your Plastic Recycling Is Probably Getting Shipped to … Canada?

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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How Worried Should You Be About the “Concerning” New CDC Study?

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The Mathematician Who Won a Gold Medal Had Some Brilliant Advice on the Pandemic

Jordan Ellenberg

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Which Zoo Animals Are “High Risk” Enough to Get an Experimental COVID Vaccine? A Zoo Veterinarian Explains.

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It’s Time to Call Out Big Oil Companies for What They Really Are

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The Most Frightening Invasive Species Isn’t a Plant or Bug or Fish

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