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Wildlife comes out to play while humans stay locked away in cities amid coronavirus pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic upends human society, it is also having some profound effects on the animal kingdom. While people around the world go into quarantines and lockdowns, big cats, wild goats and other creatures from rural areas are finding their way into cities in search of food or perhaps a bit of adventure.Photo:…
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Arundhati Roy: “The Pandemic Is a Portal”
“What is this thing that has happened to us? It’s a virus, yes. In and of itself it holds no moral brief. But it is definitely more than a virus.”
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Why 30 Minutes of Nature a Day Is So Good for Your Health – Yes! Magazine
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America in Crisis: 5 Questions for Meghan Sahli-Wells on the COVID-19 Pandemic
The USC Bedrosian Center presents a new series of interviews with scholars and leaders on governance during the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020. These short interviews will touch on three main issues of governance during crisis: gaining the public’s trust, evidence-based policymaking, and good leadership. Where are the bright spots during this troubling time, and who…
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Coronavirus Explained: What it does to your body that makes it so deadly | Human World | EarthSky
How the coronavirus infects and how it makes people sick. Hi Good Folks, This is long and involved but amazing and clear too. For those of you who can make it through or skip to the end there’s good news about how much we now know about these virus’ and how much that should help…
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Mandala Center For Change
Founded in 1999, the Mandala Center is a multi-disciplinary education organization dedicated to community dialogue, social justice and societal transformation.
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Three billion birds lost
Bird losses over the last 50 years have been devastating for hundreds of species, affecting both backyard songbirds and long-distance migrants. Given these losses, birds need us now more than ever. We can all help, and making a difference is probably easier than you think…
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Pollution Doesn’t Stand a Chance Against This Living Technology
An early experiment at a city landfill showed how algae and sunlight can repair environmental damage.
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A Different Kind of Theory of Everything
Natalie Wolchover writes about physicists’ effort to find laws that explain the physical world and the nature of the universe.
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Lara Adler on Environmental Toxins and Chronic Disease
Lara Adler on Environmental Toxins and Chronic Disease. You know, for a lot of us this new landscape is not leading towards positive health outcomes. So I look at, you know, all of this sort of unchecked use of synthetic materials in a commerce as this like the largest human experiment
