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When it warms, marbled four-eyed frogs emerge from their hiding places and begin their slow climb. These tiny frogs travel one hop at a time up the mountain in search of pools of glacial melt ...

Elphaba is green in Wicked because her biological parents drink a “green elixir” while pregnant with her. In fact, they state ...

Timothee Chalamet shines in Wonka (2023), bringing a fresh take on the iconic Willy Wonka. Learn about his performance of ...

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Launching oneself at a moving target is not an exact science. Many frogs are efficient at it, but smaller species sometimes struggle. It’s not exactly accurate to claim a frog has poor aim, but it is ...

Advice from an English teacher in Massachusetts for guiding teenagers to think critically but not cynically about the information they consume. By David Nurenberg This collection of interactive ...

By Glenn Kenny Steve Coogan plays Tom Michell, an English teacher in 1970s Argentina, whose small new friend makes his class a hit. By Glenn Kenny A teenage regional tennis star moves on at her ...

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