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Environment & Climate

A collection of 22 issues

Beyond the Alarm: What Really Happens When a Reactor Melts

A nuclear meltdown isn't a Hollywood explosion, but a slow, intense overheating of a reactor's core. When cooling fails, fuel rods melt into a radioactive lava, challenging multiple layers of containment. Understanding this process demystifies one of modern technology's most feared accidents.

Science & Nature Technology & Innovation Environment & Climate

Meet the Binturong: The Popcorn-Scented 'Bearcat' That Isn't a Bear or a Cat

Discover the Binturong, a unique Southeast Asian mammal often called a bearcat. It's neither, but belongs to a genus of its own. Known for its prehensile tail and a distinctive scent uncannily similar to buttered popcorn, this vulnerable arboreal creature is a true oddity of the animal kingdom.

Science & Nature Oddities & Curiosities Environment & Climate

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