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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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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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