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Dispatches From the Russian River: Homer of the Redwoods

After a car rolls off the road and into the river near Alexis Coe's cabin, the neighbors mobilize to save the driver and clean up the mess. The scene is reminiscent of another tragedy in the redwoods, which dates all the way back to 1947. Turns out that when a tree falls in the forest, it makes a long-lasting community.

Alexis Coe

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De-Funding Climate Change Research

Climate change deniers in Congress complain about a lack of data while trying to de-fund NASA’s climate change research.

Brian Palmer

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Science Explains Why You Saw the Dress as Blue or White

Newly published experiments suggest it's all about the assumptions our brains use to filter out extraneous material.

Tom Jacobs

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Tech TV: Silicon Valley vs. ‘Silicon Valley’

Media depictions of tech are rubbing some viewers the wrong way—but the entertainment industry is not the real problem.

Susie Cagle

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The Human Cost of Keystone XL

In North Dakota’s oil boomtowns, rape, sex trafficking, and domestic violence rates are spiking, with American Indian women suffering the most. Now tribes along the Keystone XL pipeline route worry that the violence could be headed their way—and tribal police may be unable to stop it.

A.C. Shilton