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    Eco India, Episode 323: What does survival mean for those living on the climate frontlines

    Scroll Staff
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    · Sep 21, 2024 · 03:25 pm
  • How indigenous knowledge helped four children survive 40 days in the Colombian rainforest

    How indigenous knowledge helped four children survive 40 days in the Colombian rainforest

    Eliran Arazi, The Conversation
    · Jun 16, 2023 · 11:30 pm
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    Watch: Climber George King scales one of Europe’s tallest buildings with no rope or safety equipment

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    · Apr 06, 2021 · 02:24 pm
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    Watch: The moment when four people are struck by lightning under a tree in Gurugram

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    · Mar 13, 2021 · 11:46 am
  • Her partner died by suicide. In this book the writer charts her own road to survival afterwards

    Her partner died by suicide. In this book the writer charts her own road to survival afterwards

    Nandini Murali
    · Feb 24, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Watch: You will never guess how a man saved a kookaburra which nearly drowned in his pool

    Watch: You will never guess how a man saved a kookaburra which nearly drowned in his pool

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    · May 06, 2017 · 10:00 pm
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    Watch: These wrinkly, hairless rodents have a superpower that can save human lives

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    · Apr 23, 2017 · 01:00 pm
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    Sleepwalking is an old human survival mechanism gone wrong in a new world

    Philip Jaekl, Aeon
    · Mar 12, 2017 · 02:30 pm
  • Sloths aren’t lazy – their slowness is a survival skill

    Sloths aren’t lazy – their slowness is a survival skill

    Becky Cliffe, The Conversation
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