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Can Archaeology Help Us Save the Future?
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Life, Death, and the Border Patrol
These hikers leave water for migrants in the Sonoran Desert
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borderlands
For This Outdoor Drag Queen, the Trail Is a Runway
Instagram star Pattie Gonia celebrates self-acceptance in the backcountry
Don't Mess With Mama Bear
What to do when a hiking partner ignores the obvious
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survival tips
The Cutest Baby Animals You've Ever Seen
Suzi Eszterhas specializes in free-nature photography
Ilana Glazer's Vision for a New World Order
The comedy "kween" sees the future as female and partnership-based
An Offering to History on the Mississippi Mound Trail
A writer explores the blues and her ancestry
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hiking
7 Hempy, Healthy Eats From Female-Helmed Businesses
Cannabis's delicious nonpsychoactive cousin opens doors for women
Humans of the World: A Story in Numbers
There are now more people, but they have fewer children
How to Be Stewards of the Land
Nicole Horseherder champions sustainability on tribal lands
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clean energy
ICYMI: Forbidden Words & a Whole Lot of Fires
A weekly news round-up for busy people
November Astronomical Highlights: Mercury’s Transit and Asteroid Vesta
This month is about transitions
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astronomy
To Have or Not to Have Children in the Age of Climate Change
Dispatches from one millennial's uterus
Hope for the Future Lies in the Multitude
A conversation about capital, consumption, and population
When Women Lead
Female leaders bring care and comfort as well as fierceness and fire
The Trump Administration Goes After Birth Control
The future of contraception under Trump looks like "The Handmaid's Tale"
The Global Gag Rule Puts a Choke Hold on Contraception
The Trump administration leaves vulnerable women with few choices
Farewell From Mr. Green
Bob Schildgen takes a bow after 15 years as the consummate green sleuth
Is It Time for a Ms. Green?
Yes! Meet Sierra's new green lifestyle columnist, Jessian Choy.
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Ms. Green