A glimpse into a surreal abyss: how COVID ravaged a remote city in the Amazonian jungle – podcast

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When the first cases of COVID began to spread around the world in early 2020, people in Iquitos, a remote city in the Peruvian Amazon, werent unduly worried. They assumed their isolation would protect them. It didnt. Peru,...

Zombie water apocalypse: Is Trump’s rhetoric over Canada’s water science-fiction or reality?

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Interest from the United States in Canadas water is concerning, though nothing new. In the most recent development, the U.S. has paused negotiations the Columbia River Treaty, a key water-sharing agreement between both...

You’ve likely heard the Serenity Prayer − but not its backstory

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Im not sure when I first encountered the Serenity Prayer, or when it first occurred to me to ask who wrote it. For much of my life it never occurred to me that prayers were the kind of things that people actually wrote...

3D printing will help space pioneers make homes, tools and other stuff they need to colonize the Moon and Mars

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Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the essentials: tools, seeds and clothing. Anything else would have to come from their new...

I study refugees, and here are the facts on the history and impact of refugee resettlement in the US

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Refugees havent been welcome in the United States since the first day of President Donald Trumps second term, when he signed an executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 90 days. Despite a February...

Philly Roller Derby league turns 20 - here’s how the sport skated its way to feminism, anti-racism and queer liberation

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For 20 years, Philly Roller Derby skaters, who go by names like Wooly Slammoth, TrailBlazeHer and Reba Smackentire, have jammed and blocked their way around oval skating rinks in the spirit of feminism, anti-racism, body...

How an unexpected observation, a 10th-century recipe and an explorer’s encounter with a cabbage thief upend what we know about collard greens’ journey to the American South

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For generations, collard greens have formed an important part of African and African-diaspora diets around the world. The leafy vegetable is a quintessential part of African American, Southern and soul foods in the United...