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Nature’s Calling

A brief history of the toilet.

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An Inconvenient Truth

A thousand years of temperatures in the northern hemisphere.

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Something from Nothing

Archaic notions of spontaneous generation.

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Forms Assumed by Zeus

For his rape of mortal women.

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Cost of a Fur Coat

The number of animals involved in the making of a coat.

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A Pound of Flesh

Resource consumption required to produce one pound of food.

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Suburban Warfare

An index of suburban danger.

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Deep Impact

Meteor craters on Earth.

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Definitions of Nature

Entries from the Oxford English Dictionary.

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The Line Is Hot

Poisonous elements in the Apple iPhone.

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Animal Instincts

Composite animals from mythical lore.

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