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Is there such a thing as nature that is separate from the human realm? Or is that just an artificial line in our imagination? In any case, animals and plants are in the midst of a mass extinction. Protecting them is protecting us.

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Should We De-extinct Animals?

Scientists are working to bring back extinct species. Exciting or creepy?

Do You Need a Big Brain to Be Intelligent?

The answer is more complicated than you might think

You Are Not Atlas Carrying the World on Your Shoulder

What’s the missing word in Shiva’s quote?

What is the Opposite of Nature?

What’s the missing word in Fuller’s quote?

Screen Lock: The Voice

A new technology lets people understand their plants. Part 1 of the Plantalk miniseries

Screen Lock: The Listeners

Since The Listening began, the world has started to collapse. Part 2 of the Plantalk miniseries

Screen Lock: Rosie

How would you live in a world without electricity? Part 3 of the Plantalk miniseries

Did Animal Domestication Go Too Far?

Domestic animals make up a huge 66% of the biomass of vertebrates on earth

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Are We More Evolved Than Cockroaches?

You may not be the only one who deserves an A++ score in the Evolution Course

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What’s the Story With Music?

The weird connection between Beyoncé and ancient fish

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Brave New World of Biodiversity

The rate of animal extinctions is accelerating. How will this change our world?

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Will We Survive The Sixth Extinction?

We have a lot to learn from past extinctions

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The Grain That Domesticated Humans

The dramatic and incredible consequences of domesticating wheat

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Would You Genetically Engineer Your Brain?

Scientists have already genetically modified the intelligence of monkeys

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Brave New World of Cities

By 2050, 68% of the world’s population will live in cities. What will their lives look like?

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What’s the Story With Math?

Is the universe made of numbers? Can math unlock the secrets of reality?