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Science/Fiction, or, “The Kolbert Report”

Elizabeth Kolbert’s essay from the 5/25/09 New Yorker (“The Sixth Extinction?”) is a standard/classic popular-scientific magazine article — narrative sections featuring travelogue reporting from exotic locales (Panama, caves) with colorful descriptions (a wildlife biologist is “tall and outgoing, with a barrel chest and ruddy cheeks”) intercut with cogent passages that explain recent scientific developments and [...]

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