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Giant beaver extinction, the beauty of calculus and oil spill dispersants

Giant beaver extinction, the beauty of calculus and oil spill dispersants

A barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) bird is pictured on April 28, 2015 in Barhoeft, Germany. (STEFAN SAUER/AFP/Getty Images)