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Ever Wonder How Cows Co-moo-nicate? — nature
Ever Wonder How Cows Co-moo-nicate?

This App Brings the Cosmos into Your Pocket — nature
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This App Brings the Cosmos into Your Pocket

The Perfect Press for Making D.I.Y. Seed Pots — culture
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The Perfect Press for Making D.I.Y. Seed Pots

Artist Michael Pinsky’s Climate-Action Plan: “Pollution Pods” — culture
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Artist Michael Pinsky’s Climate-Action Plan: “Pollution Pods”

How to Eat Your Food Scraps — culture
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How to Eat Your Food Scraps

Aromatic Face Oils, Made by Regenerative Farms in France — culture
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Aromatic Face Oils, Made by Regenerative Farms in France

Renowned Perfumer Jean-Marc Chaillan’s Patchouli Obsession — culture
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Renowned Perfumer Jean-Marc Chaillan’s Patchouli Obsession

Why Human Composting Is the Future of Death Care — culture
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Why Human Composting Is the Future of Death Care

How Kilomet109 Is Preserving Vietnam's Rich Fashion and Textile Heritage — culture
How Kilomet109 Is Preserving Vietnam's Rich Fashion and Textile Heritage

Why Roses Are Synonymous With Love — culture
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Why Roses Are Synonymous With Love

This Los Angeles Folk Duo’s New Single Was Inspired by an Episode of Our Time Sensitive Podcast — culture
This Los Angeles Folk Duo’s New Single Was Inspired by an Episode of Our Time Sensitive Podcast

The Ugliest, Most Delicious Produce You’ll Ever Eat — culture
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The Ugliest, Most Delicious Produce You’ll Ever Eat

How to Bring the Scent of Pine Home Without Uprooting a Tree — nature
How to Bring the Scent of Pine Home Without Uprooting a Tree

We’ll Be Tuning Into This Tuning Meditation — culture
We’ll Be Tuning Into This Tuning Meditation

A Microscopic Fungus From Yellowstone’s Hot Springs Is Spurring a New Culinary Movement — nature
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A Microscopic Fungus From Yellowstone’s Hot Springs Is Spurring a New Culinary Movement

How Fungi Can Save the World — nature
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How Fungi Can Save the World

Andrew Zuckerman’s Exquisite Pictures of the Natural World, Newly Editioned — culture
Andrew Zuckerman’s Exquisite Pictures of the Natural World, Newly Editioned

Our New At a Distance Podcast Takes a Good Look at the Big Picture — culture
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Our New At a Distance Podcast Takes a Good Look at the Big Picture

This Australian Company Aims to Make Packaging Easy—and Actually Sustainable — culture
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This Australian Company Aims to Make Packaging Easy—and Actually Sustainable

Plot an Edible Home Garden With This Automated, Open-Source Bot — culture
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Plot an Edible Home Garden With This Automated, Open-Source Bot

In the Bronx, a Shop for Everyday Essentials Operating Under a Zero-Waste Ethos — culture
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In the Bronx, a Shop for Everyday Essentials Operating Under a Zero-Waste Ethos

How Mushrooms Have Proliferated as a Material for Art-Making — culture
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How Mushrooms Have Proliferated as a Material for Art-Making

Three Perfume Brands Transforming Trash into Sweet-Smelling Treasures — culture
Three Perfume Brands Transforming Trash into Sweet-Smelling Treasures

The Sweet, Sweet Scent of Fall, Explained — nature
The Sweet, Sweet Scent of Fall, Explained

Westwind Orchard Makes the Tastiest Maple Syrup We’ve Ever Tried — culture
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Westwind Orchard Makes the Tastiest Maple Syrup We’ve Ever Tried

The Natural World, in Book Form — culture
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The Natural World, in Book Form

This Necessary New Book Honors the Craftsmanship of Tools — culture
This Necessary New Book Honors the Craftsmanship of Tools

This App Will Help Get Your Green Thumb Going — nature
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This App Will Help Get Your Green Thumb Going

Meet NASA’s “Nasalnaut” — culture
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Meet NASA’s “Nasalnaut”

How to Break the Cycle of a Throwaway Society — culture
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How to Break the Cycle of a Throwaway Society

The Perfect Hand Tools for Pruning Your Plants — culture
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The Perfect Hand Tools for Pruning Your Plants

Neri Oxman’s “Material Ecology” Gets the MoMA Spotlight — culture
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Neri Oxman’s “Material Ecology” Gets the MoMA Spotlight

The Sensory Hit of Cold Weather on Our Noses, Explained — nature
The Sensory Hit of Cold Weather on Our Noses, Explained

Using Ancient Craftsmanship, Angel Chang Designs Clothes for the Future — culture
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Using Ancient Craftsmanship, Angel Chang Designs Clothes for the Future

This App Tracks the 72 Seasons of the Japanese Lunar Calendar — culture
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This App Tracks the 72 Seasons of the Japanese Lunar Calendar

NASA’s “Eau de Space” Fragrance Recreates the Smell of Outer Space — future
NASA’s “Eau de Space” Fragrance Recreates the Smell of Outer Space

MASS Design Group’s Model for Building a More Just Society Through Architecture — culture
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MASS Design Group’s Model for Building a More Just Society Through Architecture

Lonneke Gordijn of Studio Drift’s Favorite Perfume — culture
Lonneke Gordijn of Studio Drift’s Favorite Perfume

With EarthPercent, Brian Eno Helps the Music Industry Address the Climate Crisis — culture
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With EarthPercent, Brian Eno Helps the Music Industry Address the Climate Crisis

The Intrinsic Value of Cloudspotting — culture
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The Intrinsic Value of Cloudspotting

This Radio Connects Listeners to a World of Fresh Foreign Sounds — nature
This Radio Connects Listeners to a World of Fresh Foreign Sounds

How Design Can Reframe Ocean Plastic as a Resource, Not Waste — nature
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How Design Can Reframe Ocean Plastic as a Resource, Not Waste

How This Antwerp Designer Uses Cork to Create Meditative Spaces of Silence — culture
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How This Antwerp Designer Uses Cork to Create Meditative Spaces of Silence

Object Limited Is the Secondhand Solution We’ve Been Yearning For — culture
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Object Limited Is the Secondhand Solution We’ve Been Yearning For

A New Podcast Unpacks the Beauty and Fragility of Glacier National Park — nature
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A New Podcast Unpacks the Beauty and Fragility of Glacier National Park

Wind Down to the Meditative Wonders of Slow TV — culture
Wind Down to the Meditative Wonders of Slow TV

This Amazonian Sap Will Ease Your Mind — nature
This Amazonian Sap Will Ease Your Mind

Beatrice Galilee’s New Architecture Conference Takes a Whole-Earth Perspective — culture
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Beatrice Galilee’s New Architecture Conference Takes a Whole-Earth Perspective

How Social Distancing and Quarantine May Be Changing the Makeup of Your Body Odors — culture
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How Social Distancing and Quarantine May Be Changing the Makeup of Your Body Odors

A Waterproof, Washable Bag That’s Actually Environmentally Friendly — nature
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A Waterproof, Washable Bag That’s Actually Environmentally Friendly

This Open-Source Library Captures the Magic of the Forest Through Sound — nature
This Open-Source Library Captures the Magic of the Forest Through Sound

A Podcast That Tells Stories of People, Politics, and Nature — culture
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A Podcast That Tells Stories of People, Politics, and Nature

This Video Footage of the Thwaites Glacier Shows the Sea Levels Rising Before Our Very Eyes — nature
This Video Footage of the Thwaites Glacier Shows the Sea Levels Rising Before Our Very Eyes

Hinoki Is the World’s Absolutely Best-Smelling Wood — culture
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Hinoki Is the World’s Absolutely Best-Smelling Wood

Dram Apothecary’s Calming CBD Solution — culture
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Dram Apothecary’s Calming CBD Solution

That New Rain Smell, Explained — culture
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That New Rain Smell, Explained

The Spirit Brands and Bar Owners Redefining a “Good Drink” — culture
The Spirit Brands and Bar Owners Redefining a “Good Drink”

How Artist and Designer María Elena Pombo Is Sowing Seeds for Change — culture
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How Artist and Designer María Elena Pombo Is Sowing Seeds for Change

Snow Shimazu’s Air Beautiful Is the Ultimate Jet-Lag Cure — culture
Snow Shimazu’s Air Beautiful Is the Ultimate Jet-Lag Cure

Miguel Gonzalez, AKA Davocadoguy, on the Perfect Avocado — nature
Miguel Gonzalez, AKA Davocadoguy, on the Perfect Avocado

Olafur Elaisson’s Latest Exhibition Offers a Hopeful Vision of the Future — culture
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Olafur Elaisson’s Latest Exhibition Offers a Hopeful Vision of the Future

What We’re Reading on the Internet Archive — culture
What We’re Reading on the Internet Archive

Marina Koren on Rethinking the “Overview Effect” — culture
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Marina Koren on Rethinking the “Overview Effect”

Maxine Bédat’s New Book Traces the Lifespan of a Pair of Jeans to Illustrate the Ills of Fast Fashion — culture
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Maxine Bédat’s New Book Traces the Lifespan of a Pair of Jeans to Illustrate the Ills of Fast Fashion

Why Conservas Should Be Among the Most Practical Additions to Your Pantry Stock — culture
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Why Conservas Should Be Among the Most Practical Additions to Your Pantry Stock

Home Furnishings That Rethink the Future of Plastic Bottles — culture
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Home Furnishings That Rethink the Future of Plastic Bottles

Environmental Anthropologist and “Feasting Wild” Author Gina Rae La Cerva’s Media Diet — culture
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Environmental Anthropologist and “Feasting Wild” Author Gina Rae La Cerva’s Media Diet

Caswell-Massey Bottles the Smell of Yellowstone Park, Literally — culture
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Caswell-Massey Bottles the Smell of Yellowstone Park, Literally

Introducing The Slowdown’s First Book, “At a Distance: 100 Visionaries at Home in a Pandemic” — culture
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Introducing The Slowdown’s First Book, “At a Distance: 100 Visionaries at Home in a Pandemic”

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Introducing Case, the Canadian Brand Creating a Circular System for Takeout Containers

How Brands That Use Images of Animals in Their Ads Can Help Preserve Biodiversity — nature
How Brands That Use Images of Animals in Their Ads Can Help Preserve Biodiversity

A Start-Up Is Monitoring Space Junk to Enable a More Sustainable Space Economy — culture
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A Start-Up Is Monitoring Space Junk to Enable a More Sustainable Space Economy

The Best Way to Buy Used Outdoor Gear? From Outerwear Brands Themselves — culture
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The Best Way to Buy Used Outdoor Gear? From Outerwear Brands Themselves

Entomologist Dr. Brian Fisher on Why Edible Insects are Good for Your Health — culture
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Entomologist Dr. Brian Fisher on Why Edible Insects are Good for Your Health

Horticulturist Ken Druse on Exploring the World of Botanical Fragrance — culture
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Horticulturist Ken Druse on Exploring the World of Botanical Fragrance

An Age-Old Indian Alternative to Single-Use Plastic Cups — culture
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An Age-Old Indian Alternative to Single-Use Plastic Cups

At Knights Valley Wagyu, Respecting Cows and the Environment Go Hand in Hand — culture
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At Knights Valley Wagyu, Respecting Cows and the Environment Go Hand in Hand

Japanese Designer Naoto Fukasawa’s New Stool Collection Raises the Bar of Sustainability — culture
Japanese Designer Naoto Fukasawa’s New Stool Collection Raises the Bar of Sustainability

In the Age of “Anthropause,” Scientists Are Studying a Seismic Hush — nature
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In the Age of “Anthropause,” Scientists Are Studying a Seismic Hush

The Cosmovision of the Yanomami People and the Violent Forces That Threaten Them — culture
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The Cosmovision of the Yanomami People and the Violent Forces That Threaten Them

Mandy Aftel’s Willy Wonka–Like Wonderland of Curious Scents — culture
Mandy Aftel’s Willy Wonka–Like Wonderland of Curious Scents

These Dyes Made by Bacteria Could Transform the Fashion Industry — culture
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These Dyes Made by Bacteria Could Transform the Fashion Industry