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All living things on the planet Earth, from microbes to whales, can be categorized into a single hierarchical system. 

This system has been developed over the last 300 years. Layers have been added, and there have been debates as to what creatures should go where.

However, it has proved an incredibly useful way to understand how all life is connected.

Learn more about the system of biological taxonomy and the tree of life on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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In 1995, the first planet outside our solar system was discovered. 

Since then, with improved techniques and tools, over 5,000 exoplanets have been confirmed, and another 10,000 candidates are awaiting confirmation.

With some of these exoplanets, astronomers can actually study their atmospheres and search for signs of life.

Learn more about the search for life outside the solar system, and what exactly astronomers are looking for and why, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Two new picture books explore how the outside world can transform our relationships with our communities and ourselves. First, Kiese Laymon is out with a children's book about three Black boys who connect during a transformative summer in the South. With City Summer, Country Summer, Laymon says he wanted to explore the experience of getting lost as a kind of experimentation. In today's episode, the author speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his wish to write a book about the emotional tenderness of Black boys. Then, The Littlest Drop is Sascha Alper's debut children's book, based on a parable from the indigenous Quechua people of South America. Brian Pinkney took over illustrations for the project after his father, Jerry Pinkney, died in 2020. In today's episode, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe brings Alper and Brian Pinkney together in conversation. The author and illustrator discuss the collaboration between father and son and Alper's desire to broaden the story beyond the climate crisis.

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Modern society is completely dependent on a set of technologies that include computer chips, fiber optic cables, lasers, video screens, electric motors, and batteries. 

All of those things are dependent on a small category of chemicals called rare earth elements. 

Their importance in technology has made them a focal point of international trade and politics. 

Learn more about rare earth elements and how the world has become completely reliant on them, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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• Hallway Rug and a bit of Watering Plants by Omni Gardens
• Dripping Icicles from Lalo Schiffrin's great score to The Fox.
• Girl Talk by the Howard Roberts Quartet
• Jules et Therese from the score to Jules et Jim
• Franz Waxman's main title theme to Woman of the Year
• Your Love from the legend, Frankie Knuckles
• Then we go back and forth between Joe Morello's Timeless and Lara Downes playing Leonard Bernstein's Big Stuff.

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