Cara Giaimo
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Brooklyn, NY, United States
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Past articles by Cara:
These shops will sell you shampoo, but it’s BYOB — bring your own bottle
Across the continent, stores are serving up essentials like dish soap and shampoo minus the packaging, and the guilt. → Read More
This faith leader finds the common ground to address a moral emergency
Boston’s Reverend Mariama White-Hammond has faith we can work together to address climate change. → Read More
The Celebrity Tortoise Breakup That Rocked the World
In 2011, after nearly a century together, Galápagos tortoises Bibi and Poldi called it quits. We still don’t know why. → Read More
The Boston Molasses Flood Is Worth Taking Seriously
In 1919, a viscous 40-foot wave slammed into the city's North End, killing 21 people. → Read More
Non-Human Mammals Love the Suburbs, Too
A new study suggests they're learning to live in the urban sprawl. → Read More
Voting Is Open for the U.K.'s Tree of the Year
Candidates include a tunnel made of yews, the flaky-barked "Filo Tree," and a hawthorn planted on a giant's grave. → Read More
For Sale: The First Book Printed in Antarctica
It's filled with funny accounts from Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition. → Read More
After Five Years of Living in Trees, a Protest Community Is Being Evicted
They've been trying to stop coal mining in Germany's Hambach Forest. → Read More
What Happens When Your Country's Tallest Mountain Peak Shrinks?
The southern summit of Kebnekaise was the highest point in Sweden. Then it melted. → Read More
The World's First War Submarine Was Made of Wood, Tar, and a Bit of Metal
Underwater combat dates back to the American Revolution. → Read More
The Murky Future of America's Lakes
Where have all the blue lakes gone? → Read More
The Cowboy Cartographer Who Loved California
Jo Mora poured the state's whole history—and his own life—into his incredibly detailed, whimsical maps. → Read More
The Marvelous Manholes of Massachusetts
An afternoon with Daniel Fireside, one of the Boston area's most dedicated drainspotters. → Read More
A Giant Speaker in Taiwan Is About to Switch on Again
Beishan Broadcast Station, which once blasted propaganda across the ocean, has found another purpose. → Read More
Why These Grizzly-Loving Women Entered a Lottery to Hunt Grizzlies
Inside the environmental protest sweeping Wyoming. → Read More
World Champion Squirrel Cook-Off
An ardent celebration of a humble source of protein. → Read More
What Is Walden Pond?
Its cultural meaning may be calcified—but off the page, it's changing fast. → Read More
All the Bizarre Things Our Readers Have Found on the Beach
Functional light bulbs, messages from the dead, and lots and lots of dentures. → Read More
How to Make a Robot Move, Using Popcorn
The future is now and it’s happening, appropriately, at Cornell University. → Read More
Glamour Shots of Reptiles, Brought to You by Science
"All right Mr. Herpetologist, I'm ready for my close-up." → Read More