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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on making climate action cool

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is one of the most prominent voices in the climate movement. She’s a marine biologist by training, but as she saw the effects of the climate crisis intensify, she took on more public-facing advocacy work.Her work is expansive: She helped organize the March ...  Show more

Could a whale swallow a human, 'Whalefall' style?

In the new movie “Whalefall,” a scuba diver (Austin Abrams) gets accidentally swallowed by a sperm whale. What follows is a tense battle against time and the whale’s digestive system, to escape before his air supply runs out. But could a whale actually swallow a human? And how mi ...  Show more

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