Science Brazil's Bolsonaro deploys military to Amazon region Xeni Jardin

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politics Climate change is fueling wildfires, warns National Climate Assessment Xeni Jardin

Science These incredible trees can "walk" David Pescovitz

Environment Scary robot lumberjack makes deforestation too easy David Pescovitz

Environment Organic cotton shopping bags have to be used 20,000 times before they're better for the Earth than plastic disposables Cory Doctorow

#nopalmoilchristmas Major UK supermarket launches TV ad with Greenpeace against the use of palm oil, but Clearcast bans it from airing Carla Sinclair

Kids Traditional Danish houses thatched with tons of seaweed Andrea James

NASA NASA's got a computer model for predicting landslides Seamus Bellamy

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picks Amazon Alexa turned me into a prepper Jason Weisberger

animals This bonobo's big grin is infectious David Pescovitz

Science 'Dracula fish' and snub-nosed monkeys among 200+ new species discovered in Himalayas Xeni Jardin

animals Endangered and beloved Sumatran elephant Yongki killed in apparent ivory poaching Xeni Jardin

trees Study: World has 8x the number of trees we thought Rob Beschizza

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes

Science The emergence of science hacking in Madagascar Ariel Waldman