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A firefighting helicopter flies over a wildfire raging in the town of Rafina near Athens, on July 23rd, 2018. At least five people have died and more than 20 have been injured as wildfires tore through woodland and villages around Athens on Monday, while blazes caused widespread damage in Sweden and other northern European nations.
Environment

How Increased Logging to Prevent Wildfires Hinders Biodiversity

The Trump administration has posited that more active management of forests could help prevent future fires, but the science doesn't back that up.

By Derek E. Lee
Social Justice

Curiouser Podcast: Does Color Give Us a Clue to Our Health?

Evolutionary biologist Nicolas Salamin explains how studying barn owls suggests that color tells us something about our health.

By Jai Ranganathan