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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 & DiscussMister Trash Can
While carbon emissions may be the current cause célèbre of the environmental movement, let's not forget the more tangible waste products we...
Read & DiscussOpium Economics
Heroin makes Lou Reed feel like Jesus, and it won't leave Guns N' Roses alone, but how does it end up here in the United States? We take a...
Read & DiscussCornography
The United States is the number one per capita consumer of corn in the world. Don't recall stuffing your face with thousands of ears of corn...
Read & DiscussThe State of the Planet
As we head into the last year of the two thousand aughts, we take a look at some of the numbers that shaped our lives this past year. Thanks...
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 & DiscussPart 1: The ABCs of War Bots
Technological developments have enabled the evolution of warfare from cavemen bludgeoning each other with blunt objects to career soldiers...
Read & DiscussPart 2: Soldiers and Their Bots
Unlike soldiers, robots can take the worst of a bomb blast and survive to see another battle. So when an explosive needs to be detonated, the...
Read & DiscussPart 3: The Overcrowded Skies
There's a problem brewing over the skies of Iraq, and it's not weather related. Thanks to a new generation of cheaper, smaller robots, Iraqi...
Read & DiscussPart 4: Rescue Bots of the Future
Not only are robots being used for military offensives, but they are also being deployed to rescue wounded soldiers. These robot medics can...
Read & DiscussPart 5: Legs With Brains
Robots are assisting soldiers both on the battlefield and off. Some 30,000 men and women have lost limbs over the course of the conflict in...
Read & DiscussPart 6: A God's Eye View
The capture of the U2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers was one of the tensest incidents of the Cold War. In modern warfare, high-flying surveillance...
Read & DiscussPart 7: When War Becomes A Video Game
We've learned about robots that spy, rescue, aid, survey, and defuse. In the final episode of our "Military Robots" series, we encounter robots...
Read & DiscussGet Your Volunteer On
Frustrated by the state of the world? Feeling powerless, but wish you could do something to help? There are numerous worthy non-profits, both...
Read & DiscussInternet Censorship
Sex. Ass. Falun gong. Chances are, if you're reading this right now, you don't live in Yemen, Myanmar, or China. Internet censorship can...
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 & 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...
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