SHELDON, Iowa — Steve Waldstein’s unexpected falls in the hallways always brought laughs. But deep down, as he laughed with his colleagues at Northwest Iowa Community College, Waldstein wondered why he couldn’t get up after falling for seemingly no reason. “I was thinking about what was going on here,” said Waldstein, who at the time …
Kwame Alexander’s latest participatory poem explores the world through the eyes of morning edition listeners’ pets. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images Kwame Alexander’s latest participatory poem explores the world through the eyes of morning edition listeners’ pets. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images We asked and your …
What would Fido say about you? This Community Poem Takes the Point of View of Pets Read More »
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Illustration by Laurene Boglio Three new autism research threads drew a slew of congratulatory tweets this week. Let’s dive in! A 16-part thread, by Alessandro Gozzi, a senior scientist at the Italian Institute of Technology in Rovereto, Italy, describes a mechanism behind the sex bias in autism, featured in a preprint his team published on …
In my community in southern Costa Rica, the Ceiba tree is sacred. It towers over all other trees in our forests, with a canopy of up to 230 feet. My people, the Bribri, have always looked upon our Ceibas with admiration and respect. Rich nations are looking at them now and seeing them as an …
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Community wildlife conservation is often promoted as a win-win solution. The idea behind this approach is that people who live near wildlife can be involved in its protection and have a stake in doing so. The result is that wildlife is protected (a win for global biodiversity) and local people benefit from conservation through tourism …
