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The whooping crane (Grus americana), the tallest bird in North America, has existed near the brink of extinction for decades, ...

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Shoes are deeply personal, literally moulded to our lives. But they create our social lives as much as express them Women’s shoes (c1730-40) made of a brocaded silk woven in Spitalfields, London.

In this interview from the long-running series Closer to Truth, the British theoretical physicist and philosopher David Deutsch makes the case that understanding the difference between good and bad ...