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Christopher Dickey
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Rachel Field’s Mission to Turn Trash into Treasure in Ghana
One woman’s quest to help locals safely salvage electronic waste.
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Does Time Really Exist? Lee Smolin Says Yes
Is time an illusion … or is space?
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High-Tech Methods Create Best Ice Cream Ever
How high-tech methods create food that’s simply delicious.
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From Vietnam to Iraq, the Lessons We Didn’t Learn
From Vietnam to Iraq, old habits die hard.
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Heart of the Matter: the Case for Humanities
The intelligentsia’s case for more than science.
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RoboRoaches: The New Bionic Bugs
A creative use of critters.
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Fill ‘Er Up: America’s Coming Energy Independence
That gas at the pump isn’t getting any cheaper.
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Color Blindness: Not Seeing Race
Is skin color in the eye of the beholder?
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Reservation for One: The Advantage of Eating Solo
The joys and benefits of eating alone.
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A Middle East Metaphor
A metaphor for the Middle East.
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Big Brother to the Rescue
How metadata help with emergency management.
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The Best and the Brightest
A hit parade of public-education campaigns.
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Education
The STEM Sell
You don’t need a college degree to work in the new economy.
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How to Use Your Inner Bat
Using sound to find our way.
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Can We Talk to Dolphins? New Breakthroughs May Help
What the wild creatures would say, if we could understand.
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Medicine Grows a Better Blood Vessel
Medicine grows a ‘natural’ artificial blood vessel.
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An App a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Technology goes to the ends of the Earth.
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Will Facebook’s Global Users Flee the NSA?
Will the NSA’s program send non-Americans fleeing Facebook?
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High-Speed Internet Goes to African Skies
Getting high-speed internet to low-tech places.
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What Democracy Meant to Genghis Khan
There’s something to be learned from ancient ways.
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A New App for Armchair Big Brothers
Making smartphones even smarter.
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