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Global warming fills New England waters with death traps for sea turtles
As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles, the number of stranded reptiles has multiplied over the last 20 years, filling one specialized animal hospital with the endangered creatures. The animals enter areas such as Cape Cod Bay when it is warm, and when temperatures inevitably drop, they can’t escape the hooked…
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They're on the edge of glory — and an art museum — as cliff divers come to Boston
Rhiannan Iffland stepped to the edge of a platform nearly seven stories above Boston Harbor, thousands of cheering fans packed onto docks, roofs and sidewalks below, and soared through the air with the city’s skyline disappearing behind her as she rocketed toward the tea-brown water. All in a day’s work for one of the world’s elite participants in cliff...
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Oldest living National Spelling Bee champion reflects on his win 70 years later
In medical school and throughout his career as a neonatologist, William Cashore often was asked to proofread others’ work. Little did they know he was a spelling champion, with a trophy at home to prove it. “They knew that I had a very good sense of words and that I could spell correctly,” he said. “So if they were writing…
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Armed With Affection, Octogenarian Is an ‘Octopus Whisperer'
How do you explain away a dozen hickeys? Retired chemical engineer, who reinvented himself as the ‘Octopus Whisperer,’ has faced that tricky question and many others.
