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In Yellowstone, Migratory Bison Reawaken a Landscape

A recent study hints at the potential benefits of restoring bison to an ecosystem.

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Bison grazing near the Roosevelt Arch of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont. Yellowstone is home to the last migratory herd — migratory bison are otherwise functionally extinct in their former range.
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Denmark Apologizes After Involuntary Birth Control Scandal in Greenland

For years, Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices in Greenlandic girls and women without their consent, part of a painful legacy of mistreatment.

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Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark. “We cannot change what has happened,” she said of the forced contraception. “But we can take responsibility.”
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How Do You Move a Hundred-Year-Old Church? On Wheels, Very Slowly.

Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has weakened the ground below a beloved church. It’s being rolled three miles to its new home.

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On a specially designed trolley with 224 wheels, Kiruna Church being moved for relocation in Kiruna, Sweden, on Tuesday.
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