Nature vs. culture. Wild vs. civilized. Country vs. city. These binaries, time and again, have been shown to be false dichotomies. But many groups and organizations still consider protected areas, for example, to be one without people in it. But counter-examples are starting to find their way into the streets and the public view.
In Amazonian Peru, Nigel Pitman was responsible for "Science Saturdays," when he would try to impart some worldly knowledge to the children of the village near where he was living. He tells the story of one Science Saturday in particular that was especially enlightening for him.
David Johnson returns to his childhood home in Arkansas to see what fracking has changed (and what it hasn't).