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Whale of a Tale
When Luna, a people-loving orca, chose Vancouver Island’s Nootka Sound for his home, he set in motion a drama of leviathan proportions
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Twin Science
Researchers make an annual pilgrimage to Twinsburg, Ohio, to study inherited traits
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Close Encounters
Northwest of Seattle, an overly friendly orca polarizes a community
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Fighting For Foxes
A disastrous chain of events nearly wiped out California’s diminutive island fox. Scientists hope it’s not too late to undo the damage
Magnificent Magnifications
Microscope jockeys from around the world enter their masterpieces in an annual art show
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Becoming a Full-Fledged Condor
The California condor learns from people, other condors and the school of hard knocks
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Chestnutty
Wielding cutting-edge science and lots of patience. James Hill Craddock hopes to restore the ravaged American chestnut tree to its former glory
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Deep Science
From the Chesapeake Bay to Panama, scores of Smithsonian divers probe underwater mysteries
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A Matter of Taste
Are you a superstar? Just stick out your tongue and say “yuck”
Fault Lines
Weighing threats on land and from the sea
Will Tuvalu Disappear Beneath the Sea?
Global warming threatens to swamp a small island nation
Yellowstone Grumbles
Pent-up water and steam threaten to burst through the park’s surface. (And we’re not talking Old Faithful here)
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Hubble’s Last Hurrah
The orbiting space telescope has captured star births and deaths, galactic collisions and the accelerating expansion of the universe
Splendid Isolation
When the first astronauts to walk on the Moon returned from their July 1969 lunar expedition, they were confined to quarters
Saving the Raja’s Horse
British horsewoman Francesca Kelly brings India’s fiery Marwari to the United States in hopes of reviving the breed
Can Great Coffee Save the Jungle?
Persuaded that guilt alone won’t get Americans to pay more for environmentally friendly coffee, importers give farmers the tools to grow better beans
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A Bumpy Road to Mars
The president envisions a future human mission to Mars, but medical researchers say surviving the journey is no spacewalk
Pizza Park
Sure, the new Kids’ Farm at the National Zoo will be educational, but a giant rubber pizza and a “caring corral” will make it also a place for fun
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A Mine of Its Own
Where miners used to dig, an endangered bat now flourishes, highlighting a new use for abandoned mineral sites
The (Scientific) Pursuit of Happiness
What does the Dalai Lama have to teach psychologists about joy and contentment?
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