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NEW YORK TIMES | Ayahuasca visions and cultural tourism in Ecuador's rain forest.
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Read MoreReturn of the Fungi
MOTHER JONES | Paul Stamets is on a quest to find an endangered mushroom that could cure smallpox, TB, and even bird flu. Can he unlock its secrets before deforestation and climate change wipe it out?
Read MoreThe Perfect Moment Goes Perfectly Viral
THE NEW YORKER | Two weeks ago, the planet’s most unlikely film star turned from a Ugandan warlord to a nine-year-old kid who runs a homemade cardboard arcade out of his dad’s used-auto-parts store, Smart Parts, in East Los Angeles.
Read MoreTristan da Cunha: Island at the End of the World
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER | Everything is off the beaten track on the world’s most remote inhabited island.
Read MoreFarming Insects to Save Lemurs
BIOGRAPHIC | An innovative approach to Madagascar's malnutrition crisis may be one of the best hopes for protecting the island nation's imperiled primates and the forests they call home.
Read MoreSteeped in Tea
UTNE | The social significance of tea in America: how tea became the beverage of inner peace and armchair travel.
Are Tablets the Way Out of Child Illiteracy?
SMITHSONIAN | Give them technology that they may have never seen before, and students' brains will work wonders.
Read MorePamir Mountains, the Crossroads of History
NEW YORK TIMES | Retracing the Silk Road through Tajikistan.
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