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Last year, people came up with some pretty great #ScienceValentines - let’s keep that rolling! How would you express your love for that special scientist in your life? Tweet @nprscience or message me, and I’ll collect the best ones.

(Bonus points if you can somehow incorporate landing on a comet)

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State of the Species by Charles C. Mann - Why and how did humankind become “unusually successful”? And what, to an evolutionary biologist, does “success” mean, if self-destruction is part of the definition?

The Sixth Extinction? by Elizabeth Kolbert - There have been five great die-offs in history. This time, the cataclysm is us

Sued by the Forest by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow - Should nature be able to take you to court?

Is Humanity Suicidal? by Edward O. Wilson - It is possible that intelligence in the wrong kind of species was foreordained to be a fatal combination for the biosphere

The Efficiency Dilemma by David Owen - If our machines use less energy, will we just use them more?

Cows Might Fly by Veronique Greenwood - When the land is all filled up, it’s time to get creative with it, as small countries like Switzerland already know

Planet of Weeds by David Quammen - Will he world be takne over by invasive species?

The Garbage that Could Kill Us All by Bucky McMahon - Is all the plastic we dump in the ocean slowly killing us?

Death of a Mountain by Erik Reece - Radical strip mining and the leveling of Appalachia

The Oil We Eat by Richard Manning - Following the Food Chain back to Iraq

Thank you for your submission The Electric Typewriter! Do you have an interesting climate post? Click here to submit!

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