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Built to Survive, Prone to Suffer: How Human Evolution Shapes Modern Health
Why do our bodies come with so many trade-offs—like back pain, difficult childbirth, or diseases linked to inflammation? Our newest CARTA series Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease explores how different traits in the human body evolve over time—some as early as 1.5 billion years ago—and how those adaptations continue to affect our health today.…
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Pier into the Past: Scripps Women Who Changed Ocean Science
The Birch Aquarium shines a spotlight on the remarkable women who have shaped the field of marine plankton research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Blending science, history, and art, Judit Hersko, presents her imaginative visual narrative series, “Pages from the Book of the Unknown Explorer.” Her performance transports viewers to the early days of Scripps…
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From Caves to Skyscrapers, How Humans Have Built the World
Reaching 1,450 feet in the air, Willis Tower in Chicago was the tallest building on the planet for nearly a quarter of a century. It now ranks 26th, having long been surpassed by the towering Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which rises nearly 3,000 feet into the atmosphere. From a simple cave to buildings of steel…
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Fancy Dance: A Journey Through Culture, Language, and Identity
Fancy Dance is a heartfelt story about a Native American woman who faces the challenges of caring for her niece after her sister goes missing. Set on the Seneca-Cayuga Nation Reservation, the film explores themes of family, resilience, and cultural identity. Through the lens of a deeply personal story, Fancy Dance sheds light on the…
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Following in the Footsteps of a Famous Father
For many people, it would be hard to follow in the footsteps of a famous father. But for Rev. Dr. Bernice King, her calling to serve is a natural progression of being the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. “There’s good in the worst of us and there’s bad in the best of us. I…