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  • The Iron in Our Blood That Keeps and Kills Us
    Bradley WertheimJanuary 10, 2013
  • Trouble in the Stratosphere

    Dangerous sunlight and altered climates may result from pollution of the upper atmosphere

    Tracy KidderNovember 1982 Issue
    A NASA image of the stratosphere
  • Humanity Is Flushing Away One of Life’s Essential Elements

    We broke phosphorus.

    Julia RosenFebruary 8, 2021
    An illustration of bones and leaves going into a funnel and phosphorous emerging from the end.
  • The Mediterranean’s Red Gold Is Running Out

    For centuries, red coral was traded all over the world. Now it’s disappearing.

    Autumn SpanneFebruary 24, 2021
    A red coral trapped in an hour glass
  • The Laws of Beauty
    April 1860 Issue
  • The Cost of Modern Sentiment
    Agnes RepplierMay 1913 Issue
  • The South African Chacma Baboon
    William Charles ScullyDecember 1919 Issue
  • On the Importance of Being Indifferent to One's Ancestors: With a Few Remarks on the Sea Worm
    Chauncey Brewster TinkerFebruary 1925 Issue
  • A Frozen Diary: Glimpses of the Barren Lands
    Thierry MalletMarch 1927 Issue
  • An Extra in Hollywood
    Amy S. JenningsNovember 1927 Issue
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