The meaning of fake marble

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The planet is… up to something

A vocabulary for the future: touch

The World Famous Gopher Hole Museum

Where the earth meets the sky

Indonesia is building a new capital city. What’s being lost?

For Abidin, a Balik elder who lives in East Kalimantan in Borneo, Indonesia, the sounds of nature aren’t merely a backdrop but a vital part of how he navigates the world. But as the rainforest around him has become more developed, the calls of creatures once heard everywhere have grown scarce. And that process is speeding up. To relieve Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta, which is sinking due to overdevelopment........

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