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Diamonds 101
If you're planning on popping the question this year, you're probably in the market for some jewelry. And we realize you might be too busy...
Read & DiscussKinkajou Projector Brings Literacy to Mali
Teaching adults to read is a difficult enough task in and of itself, but in rural Mali, teachers also face classrooms without electricity and...
Read & DiscussAttack of the Giant Jellyfish!
Giant jellyfish have invaded the northern coasts of the Japanese islands and they're causing problems. Frustrated local fishermen are hauling...
Read & DiscussEmergency in Mumbai? Dial 1298!
Americans take 911 for granted, but in many developing nations a centralized emergency telephone number is unheard of. In Mumbai, a private...
Read & DiscussAnimal Superpowers
From cicadas who hibernate for 17 years to checkerboard-camouflaged cuttlefish, some animals have powers that border on the super. Artists...
Read & DiscussJailbirds
There are currently more than 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States. What does that look like, exactly? That's equivalent to...
Read & DiscussHippo Rollers
In rural Africa, women spend 26% of their time fetching water, often walking for miles with heavy buckets balanced on their heads. That's time...
Read & DiscussPollen Bots
Seasonal allergy sufferers, rejoice! Japanese scientists have deployed an army of anthropomorphic pollen sensors across the country in an...
Read & DiscussEco-Gym
Chances are you go to the gym because it makes you feel good. But nothing kills that post-workout buzz like contemplating the environmental...
Read & DiscussSatellites
There are more than 3,000 satellites orbiting earth. While we go about our daily lives, these contraptions are hard at work in our...
Read & DiscussThe Hidden Cost of War
In 2003, Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is more than 10...
Read & DiscussSalar de Uyuni
With an area about the size of New Jersey, Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni salt flat is known as the flattest place on earth. So when NASA needs to...
Read & DiscussLords of the Rings
The Japanese have a yen for the gold medal in Judo. Fencing has been an idée fixe for the French. In honor of the XXIX Olympiad, we take a...
Read & DiscussRooftop Bees
With space at such a premium in Manhattan, New Yorkers are accustomed to thinking vertically when it comes to housing. Now bees are getting in...
Read & DiscussCambodian Sports
Decades of war and internal strife have left Cambodia with one of the highest proportions of people disabled by land mines in the world. The...
Read & DiscussUrban Aquaculture
Professor Martin Schreibman says our oceans have been overfished beyond repair. If we're going to keep eating fish and chips, tuna tartare,...
Read & DiscussLandmine Flowers
Scientists in Denmark have developed a plant that turns red when it comes into contact with trace amounts of TNT. If sowed over an area...
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