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The following is an NPR article by Claire O’Neill that was originally posted on September 29, 2009, with the title “Biggest, Tallest Tree Photo Ever”: National Geographic photographer Michael Nichols is one of the world’s foremost wildlife photographers. But he recently said that he’d happily spend the rest of his life photographing trees. Of course, the folks over at National Geographic would almost...

“Earlier this morning a piece of space junk called WT1190F entered Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated. Though it is nearly impossible to know what WT1190F is, the European Space Agency suspects it could be a chunk of a fuel tank that once powered a rocket to space and was then discarded” (source). The following is the ESA article about the event, posted 22 October 2015 with the title “WT1190F comes back: ESA...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF or the Gates Foundation) is the largest private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It was launched in 2000 and is said to be the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world. The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to...