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The giant magnolia snail was thought to be extinct before living specimens were found in southern Vietnam in 2012. There are ...

Feedback notes the proliferation of AI company logos, and agrees with one blogger's claim that many bear a striking ...

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In his series The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson highlights the tension between an unfolding environmental ...

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