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Dirty Little Secret 
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Dirty Little Secret 

Meet the wee, multilegged chefs behind the world’s most sought-after loaves.

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7 mins  |
Fall 2018
The Microscope That Wants To See Europa
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The Microscope That Wants To See Europa

The microscope that could look for life on Jupiter’s moon.

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10+ mins  |
Fall 2018
The Masterpiece On A Slate Gray Day In
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The Masterpiece On A Slate Gray Day In

In 1970, Bruce Kirby created the perfect single-person sailboat. What made the laser so unbeatable?

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10+ mins  |
Spring 2019
The Chemical Weapons Detectives
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The Chemical Weapons Detectives

Toxic Substances, In War And Assassination, Are Hard To Trace. Elite Chemists Are Helping Id The Perps.

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10+ mins  |
Winter 2018
Deadliest Catch
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Deadliest Catch

Venoms That Can Kill Can Also Cure

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9 mins  |
Winter 2018
Guardian Of The Galaxy
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Guardian Of The Galaxy

LISA PRATT WAS NEARLY 2 MILES BELOW GROUND IN A SOUTH African gold mine when the lights went off and the air stopped moving.

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2 mins  |
Winter 2018
What You Take With You
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What You Take With You

Death might be life’s natural and unavoidable conclusion, but humans have ensured that what happens to our bodies afterward is anything but.

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2 mins  |
Summer 2019
An Ecologist Maps Trees From 7,000 Feet
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An Ecologist Maps Trees From 7,000 Feet

On the big island of Hawaii, a fungus called ceratocystis is murdering ‘ohii‘a trees—at least 1 million in the past eight years.

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3 mins  |
Summer 2019
Sand
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Sand

A tale of innovation, war, and glory.

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10+ mins  |
Fall 2018
The Winding, Heated, And Absurdly Technical Oral History Of The Ginger Emoji
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The Winding, Heated, And Absurdly Technical Oral History Of The Ginger Emoji

In November 2014, a tech-industry consortium announced a new set of emoji that would diversify the physical appearance of the pictograms.EMMA KELLY, editor and founder of the site Ginger Parrot: I checked and saw that redheads were just not on there. I wondered, has no one brought this up? Is there no one at Apple with red hair? Has everyone forgotten about Ed Sheeran?

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10+ mins  |
Fall 2018
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Compressed Camp

WHEN YOU’RE CLIMBING A STEEP, rocky trail on the side of a mountain, a bulky pack catching on branches or scraping against boulders will slow your ascent.

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2 mins  |
Fall 2018
Where The Wild Things Are
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Where The Wild Things Are

TRACKING WILDLIFE HAS improved our understanding of animal activities such as migration and hunting. Yet most species remain invisible to biologists. Transmitter devices that exceed 5 percent of an animal’s body weight can negatively impact its behavior and chances of survival. Size concerns put the vast majority of animals—including an estimated 75 percent of the world’s mammals and birds—off-limits.

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2 mins  |
Fall 2018

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