Kristen French

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    We Didn’t Start the Fire

    But our ancient ancestors set the world ablaze 50,000 years ago

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    How Neanderthals Got to Siberia

    They trekked for 2,000 years across formidable terrain

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    The Kingdom of the Echo Thief

    Eavesdropping on sound artist Chris Warren and his reverberation chamber

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    Thar Be Monsters

    The art of unseen creatures and the dawn of science

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    This Plaintive Song Is From a Land Without Lullabies

    A rare tribe lacks music for dancing or soothing their young ones

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    The Deadly Story of a Life-Giving Element

    Author Jack Lohmann on his new book about phosphorus

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    This Ocean Wave Has Rights  

    The true meaning of legal protection for nature.

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    The Strange Rise of Daydreaming

    Why people become addicted to fantasy lives.

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    When Bacteria Are Beautiful

    Making art out of an invisible world that shapes human health and disease.

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    5 Myths About Love and Desire

    Love languages aren’t a thing, and sex every day is probably overdoing it.