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Four thousand is a reference to the 40 acres Black people were supposed to receive…
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How does a data set like the US census deal with people who defy its…
As the soup collapsed inward toward the center of the solar system, its molecules would…
The rise of powerful new technology means that humanity must confront the risk of its…
Sophie Papp and her family had a ritual for the recently departed. Whenever a relative…
Radioactive wild boar are invading towns in southern Germany. They take out a man in…
There was once an orangutan named Ken Allen at the San Diego Zoo who was…
For years, studying zoology made me feel like a sad misfit. Not because I loved…