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March 26, 2026, 12:37 PM - 5 min read
Cacti are icons of slow growth. A towering saguaro may take a decade to reach an inch tall and the psychedelic peyote takes decades to mature. Yet the cactus family is one of the fastest-evolving plant groups on Earth. Over the past 20 to 35 million years, around 1,850 cacti species have come into existence. Although this sounds slow, in geological time it is the blink of an eye.
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February 11, 2026, 12:44 PM - 6 min read
The story of the Green River shows that processes deep within the Earth can have profound impacts for life on the surface.
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