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Development

A tiger crosses a road in India’s Ranthambore National Park.

GPS tracking could help tigers and traffic coexist across Asia

Environment

An infrastructure boom threatens endangered tigers across Asia. Scientists want to know more about how tigers behave near roads so they can design wildlife-friendly transportation networks.

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What 1 billion Americans would mean for the US

Immigration
Satellite Beach has rejected the anything-goes approach of much of Florida, and the city wants its new boutique hotel to be a model for environmentally responsible development. But is even one new building in this region one too many?

This new green building may be just the thing to help a Florida town stand up to climate change. Or not.

Development
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The science behind ‘baby talk’

Development
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Journalist Maryn McKenna on the rise of ‘Big Chicken’ — and our current antibiotic crisis

Science
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For refugees in Seattle, rising rents mean the search for home isn’t over

Economics

After years in camps, Congolese refugees still search for a place to call home as rents in Seattle rise. For many, the threat of homelessness is real.

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How two Minnesotans turned their online popularity into big money for famine aid

Development

It began with a video of Liban Adam drinking a giant bowl of camel’s milk and ended in a one-month $80,000 fundraiser.

The World

Myanmar’s Inle Lake is just one small body of water, but this man is dedicating his life to saving it

Environment

One of Myanmar’s most important lakes and cultural sites is under assault from development and climate change. One man is trying to turn things around.

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A once-dreamy Haitian beach town picks up the pieces after Hurricane Matthew

Justice

What it means to be lucky in the aftermath of a brutal storm.

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Small farmers from around the world learn how they can grow far more food

Development

In the hills north of San Francisco, a new form of farming is taking root. It’s called biointensive farming, and it has the potential to give small farmers a much bigger impact on the global food supply.In the hills north of San Francisco, a new form of farming is taking root. It’s called biointensive farming, and it has the potential to give small farmers a much bigger impact on the global food supply.

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