Henry Wismayer
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Geothermal energy has become the renewable that got left behind as solar and wind accelerate. Why then do its most determined advocates still insist it could be the key...
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A century after George Mallory’s disappearance on Everest, why do his words, “Because it’s there,” remain an indelible explanation for the human obsession with ...
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How and why did the phenomenon of global tourism become so problematic? And where are we all heading next?
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Air travel is profoundly bad for the environment but one of the hardest industries to decarbonize. Can green technologies make a difference...
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A new field of psychology has begun to quantify an age-old intuition: Feeling awe is good for us.
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