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Germs, Charisma, and the Legacy of Whaling

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Root Canals, Cargo Cults, and Laser Mapping Notre Dame

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Black Holes, Plastic Bags, and AI Diets

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Cat Names, Doubt Machines, and Christianity’s Future

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Border Walls, Trigger Warnings, and Tantra

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CRISPR Cows, Unscientific Medicine, and New Nuclear Energy

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Admissions Cheating, Fake Voices, and Inuit Parenting

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Arctic Ice, Dead Whales, and Cycles of Abuse

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Cloud Loss, Nuclear War, and Trauma

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A Mars Miracle, Medical Racism, and Murderous Humans

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