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The Weird Cooling Effect of Wildfires
Smoke and dust from fires could block the sun, but that’s not necessarily a good thing
Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours
Orcas in Washington are creating grooming tools out of kelp stalks
The Woman Behind the World’s Biggest Camera
Vera Rubin overcame abundant obstacles to become a leading light in cosmology
What We Misunderstand About Robots
Sci-fi master Adrian Tchaikovsky on evolution, other minds, and the politics of science
The Hornbills Left Behind
Protecting Asian species may have shifted poachers’ focus to African birds
How Ancient Beasts Spread Sweet Fruits
The native forests of South America were shaped by mastodons—and we’re doing a bad job filling their role











