mistakes Australians warned not to touch or even approach the poisonous Dendrocnide moroides trees there Rob Beschizza
movies That time when ferocious flocks of seabirds attacked people, inspiring Hitchcock's The Birds David Pescovitz
health E.P.A. won't ban chlorpyrifos pesticide that scientists say damages children's brains Xeni Jardin
Venomous creatures Watch: Tourist in Australia picks up a "pretty octopus," not realizing he could die in minutes if stung Carla Sinclair
Science Trump's pick for EPA pollution czar says kids are less sensitive to pollution than adults Cory Doctorow
education Australian educational contractor warns of wifi, vaccination danger to "gifted" kids' "extra neurological connections" Cory Doctorow
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