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Cross-Pollinating for the Collective

For many Indigenous communities across Central and South America, the study of stingless bees is integral to their culture.

Two Years of COVID and Counting, Medicine Still Does Not Value Black Lives

When we throw up the white flag with our approach to COVID, we are simply saying that racism is a public health crisis but we don’t care.

Saving Sapelo Island's Legacy from Sinking

But it is necessary to put research into context to understand how past events are shaping the island’s future – land, life, and people.

Daunting Work at the Third Pole

As I struggled to find words, Magar was gone — for he was more worried about his bread than my climate change lecture.

有時，往前進的方法是回到原點

我開始在歷史上排擠像我這樣背景之少數族裔的空間中佔有一席之位，但它卻變成一個我無法自由表達自己的空間，因為我不得不改變我的穿著和說話方式，且有很長一段時間我不使用西班牙語，導致有時我甚至很難與家人溝通時找到並用對詞彙。

Pourquoi combattre le réchauffement climatique nécessite aussi de combattre la misogynoir

Les femmes noires ont en même temps le « malheur » d’être des femmes et de ne pas assez l’être parce qu’elles sont noires.

Fighting Climate Change Is Also About Fighting Misogynoir

If Black women have some of the keys to tackling this crisis, then we need to make sure that they are rightfully considered in society.

To See Caribou With Two Eyes

Natural experiments, hypothesis testing, fiercely detailed observations — all are characteristic of both ways of knowing.

El verano que supe que podía ser escritora científica

Aprendí a poner a la audiencia primero pensando en lo que ellos quieren leer, y no en lo que yo quiero escribir.

The Summer I Knew I Could Be a Science Writer

I learned to put the audience first by thinking about what they wanted or needed to read about, not what I wanted to write.

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