Brazil
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Here’s a new Olympic sport to consider: Safe sex
The push for protection is partially attributed to anxieties around the Zika virus, which is sexually transmittable.
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Rio Olympics opens with a powerful message about climate change
The opening ceremonies probably did more for climate education than U.S. presidential campaigns ever have.
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6 ways the Rio Olympics are failing on sustainability
From waters teeming with pathogens to transportation troubles, the Rio Olympics are looking like a hot mess.
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We’re starting to understand just how Zika and climate change go together
Scientists try to narrow in on the way warmer, weirder weather helped the disease spread.
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Olympians prepare for a “petri dish of pathogens”
If Rio's waters weren't cleaned up for Olympic athletes, how can we expect they'll be cleaned up for the city's actual residents?
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The world’s biggest rainforest might be on fire soon
When the Amazon burns, something is really wrong.
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This fed-up bicyclist moves a car with his bare hands
This is what you get when you mess with cyclists, Brazil.
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It’s raining spiders in Brazil
You can see it for yourself, if you can handle the creeping shivers that will run down your spine.
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The Brazilian treehopper is the creepiest, raddest insect you will ever see
This particular picture is just a sculpture, but trust: this bug is real.