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Why the world is still not built for women | Virginia Santy

Design consultant Virginia Santy set out to create an office space built specifically for women, flipping the script on the subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways that workplaces and cities still fail them. The results were striking: greater productivity, deeper collaboration and an env ...  Show more

The magical, mesmerizing migration of monarch butterflies | Jaime Rojo (re-release)

When monarch butterflies migrate, they produce one of the most iconic wildlife spectacles in the world — and provide us with an important indicator of ecological health, says photographer Jaime Rojo. Telling a story about our relationship to the natural world, he shares his exper ...  Show more

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