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How popular narratives of the atomic age obscure the bomb’s first victims.
How did a field meant to reclaim genetics from Nazi abuses wind up a haven for race science?
How protected lands inspire scientific pursuits.
We all know how much the automobile changed the world for people. This episode explores how drastically it changed—and harmed—wildlife.
Explore the contradictions of Korea’s biggest natural wildlife refuge: the war-ravaged border between the North and South known as the DMZ.
The story behind notorious surgeon Walter Freeman’s contempt for his father, failures with his sons, and obsession with lobotomies.
Calculating the automobile’s grisly impact on wildlife.
Our approach to fighting wildfires is a fantasy—and it’s making them even more catastrophic.
What drove a blind biochemist to experiment with LSD?
You are the founder of a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable development but is concerned about radioactive waste from rare earth separations.
You are a community college professor who is volunteering with a group pushing for more sustainable mining practices that reduce water pollution and work with local residents.
India’s vultures have been driven to the brink of extinction in a matter of decades. Their loss threatens the well-being of the country’s human population.
The blaze that sparked the modern environmental movement . . . or did it?
Why would anyone visit a radioactive ghost town or the remnants of a nuclear reactor?
How a Republican president ushered in the EPA.
Or will it speed the animal’s demise?
A series of eight photographic prints demonstrating the local and global effects of climate change.
You are the person responsible for all programs relating to hazardous waste, municipal solid waste, and sustainable materials management.