Nature & the Environment
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On a bare, cliff-walled speck of lava called Daphne Major, two scientists measure finch beaks year after year—until drought, flood, and chance collisions between species reveal that evolution isn’t just a fossil story; it’s happening fast enough to watch.
In the 1950s, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas travels with her family into the unmapped interior of the Kalahari and meets the Ju/wa Bushmen—people still living by hunting and gathering—then follows their knowledge, social rules, and spiritual life all the way to the modern collapse of the Old Way.
In 1915, Shackleton’s ship Endurance is crushed by Antarctic pack ice—yet his real legend begins after the wreck, as he keeps 27 men alive on drifting floes, then gambles everything on an open-boat voyage and an impossible mountain crossing to bring rescue.
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On a bare, cliff-walled speck of lava called Daphne Major, two scientists measure finch beaks year after year—until drought, flood, and chance collisions between species reveal that evolution isn’t just a fossil story; it’s happening fast enough to watch.
In the 1950s, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas travels with her family into the unmapped interior of the Kalahari and meets the Ju/wa Bushmen—people still living by hunting and gathering—then follows their knowledge, social rules, and spiritual life all the way to the modern collapse of the Old Way.
In 1915, Shackleton’s ship Endurance is crushed by Antarctic pack ice—yet his real legend begins after the wreck, as he keeps 27 men alive on drifting floes, then gambles everything on an open-boat voyage and an impossible mountain crossing to bring rescue.
A British warship vanishes near Cape Horn, then washes a handful of survivors into history’s spotlight. Some claim heroism. Others cry mutiny. Between the storms, scurvy, and hunger, their stories split—and the truth could mean the noose. This is a relentless, human tale about order falling apart and what people do to survive.
A hidden voyage, a rebuilt life, and a century-long fight for dignity. From the burning of the Clotilda to today’s battles over pollution and preservation, this is the living story of Africatown—told through people who refused to forget and kept building anyway.
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Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
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Mimicry and Camouflage
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