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Domestic titans

Feeling trapped by the idea that an impenetrable carapace of space trash could surround the planet, Elvia Wilk turned to thoughts of the new worlds still to be revealed here on Earth.

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The side effects of lithium mining

Laura Grace Simpkins attempts to untangle some uncomfortable truths about the social and environmental costs of making her medication.

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When kids are offered free cosmetic surgery

When they were a child, Jasmine Owens’ dentist offered to break their jaw – for free. It would make them look better, he said. Read on to find out whether or not they agreed.

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Fleeing fear, defying prejudice

As teenage refugee Sedra Al-Yousef grappled with rebuilding her life and education in another country, at the same time she used compassion and humanity to demolish populist anti-refugee myths.

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  • Two women grading (?) tea. Gouache by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A man grading (?) tea leaves by sieving them into one of two compartments in a special work table. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Human embryo for IVF
  • MRI scan; brain cancer (astrocytoma)
  • MRI scan; brain cancer (astrocytoma)
  • MRI scan; brain cancer (astrocytoma)
  • Canton, Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese mandarin official. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton, Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese mandarin official. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • MRI scan; brain cancer (astrocytoma)
  • MRI scan; brain cancer (astrocytoma)
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