In birding circles, they say the first bird you see in a new year sets the tone for what follows. Anything can be meaningful if you see it as a sign. On the first day of 2020, as I drove to an early ...

GEOGRAPHERS EMPLOY THE poetically evocative term “Pole of Inaccessibility” to describe the most geographically remote location, the place that lies farthest from the edge. On land, a pole of ...

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