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From the Far East comes fantastic news for species conservation after new populations of the gorgeous ‘Skywalker’ gibbon, known to science for only 6 years, were recently found living in the politically chaotic nation of Myanmar. Also called the hoolock gibbon, this dainty vocalist was first described in 2017 living in the extreme south of […]
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There are poisonous books—the Communist Manifesto, or Mein Kampf for example—and then there are books that are literally poisonous. Covered in vibrant green bookcloth, hundreds of 19th-century volumes are actually laced with a toxic pigment, and one researcher who’s used to creating databases of volumes for research, has instead created one as a public health service; aptly
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Alongside Captain James Cook or Winston Churchill, a new statue in London’s iconic Southbank honors a British hero is not likely known, even by the British themselves. Unsung hero Jo Newby, 52, stands at Southbank in recognition of efforts in the child foster care system and youth special needs soccer. The statue was commissioned by
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A determined mother’s positive thinking got her daughter home when her flight was canceled by helping to organize other stranded passengers to pitch in for a rental car. Alanah Story was set for a 7:00 PM flight from Orlando to Knoxville when like so many others this year, it was delayed, then canceled. Alanah’s mother
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