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We all know that famous joke. That stubbornness, that biblical quality of stiff-neckedness has characterized our tenacity under stress and our refusal to bow to despots or despair over the centuries.

May 31, 2021, was a terrific day, right up until the moment I found myself at the bottom of the stairs with two ruptured quadriceps tendons. I’m still not sure how, exactly, I landed in that spot. I ...

Crowther is a professor of ecology and founding co-chair of the Advisory Board for the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Crowther is a professor of ecology and founding co-chair of the Advisory ...