Moises Velasquez-Manoff

writer

Journalist and author of An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases

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California’s redwoods are some of the oldest and largest trees in the world. Some activists and scientists are hoping to save them by planting new redwoods in other places.

Redwoods are thousands of years old. Can we save them amid climate change?

California’s redwoods are some of the oldest and largest trees in the world. Some activists and scientists are hoping to save them by planting new redwoods in other places.

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Despite huge leaps in modern medicine throughout the 20th century, certain ailments have only gotten more common-- ­­ About one in five Americans now has some kind of allergy, ranging…

When Germs Make You Healthy

Despite huge leaps in modern medicine throughout the 20th century, certain ailments have only gotten more common-- ­­ About one in five Americans now has some kind of allergy, ranging…

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