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Human’s Relationship with Nature

FROM NATURE TO HUMANITY In the 1700s, French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille began naming newly discovered constellations after human inventions. Looking through his telescope, he identified patterns among the stars and gave them names. One became Horologium, honoring Christiaan Huygens and the pendulum. Another became Microscopium, after the microscope. Of the seventy constellations recognized at… read more

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Patagonia 2011

This land has been many things to many people. For Magellan and Drake, it was the land of giants. For FitzRoy, it was the beginning of the end. For Darwin, it was a trip that would change his life. ForJeremy Button, it was his home, then his curse. For St-Exupery, Patagonia was his muse. And forChatwin and Theroux, it became their salvation. For… read more

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