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Seventeen years after the original Blue Planet, the BBC Natural History Unit has perfected the art of the blockbuster documentary.

Rebecca Palacios began teaching soon after a landmark court case mandated integration of Latino schools—and watched the case's effects weaken over decades.

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A nation’s response to disaster speaks to its strengths—and to its dysfunctions.

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Traditional theories portray stockholders as fully focused on profits. But that’s not as true as it once was.

The vaccines will need an update at some point. But not every variant of concern will warrant one.

Kill-on-sight orders inspired people to go after spotted lanternflies with a (perhaps misguided) vengeance.