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Design
Global Street Art
These days, if you're looking for innovative and vital art, skip the galleries and take a walk down the streets of any major city. The street art...
Design
Creatively Engaged
In the design world, 2008 ended with something monumental: more than 100,000 firms and individuals, in 100 countries, committing to the Designers...
Design
Shantytown, U.S.A.
Just a short drive from the U.S.-Mexican border, a densely packed community will soon hum with activity. Homes will be jammed together, with...
Environment
Ridin' Dirty
Unchecked, these three emerging economies could send the planet into flames. Here's what they're trying to do about it. THE PROBLEM China...
Environment
2009 List: Cleaning House
Ten game-changers that will affect the environment this year. 1 Lieberman-Warner Redux Environmentalists were chagrined when America's Climate...
Environment
Goodbye, Cruel World
The Animals on the Edge of Extinction Extinctions can be a natural part of evolving ecosystems, but right now we are pushing many species of...
Environment
One Big Crisis
Alex Steffen says solving our current planetary crisis could lead to an unimaginably good future. Here's how we get there. as told to...
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2009 List: Into the Unknown
Seven advancements in science that will move the world forward in 2009. 1 Malaria Vaccine The world will get one step closer to a malaria...
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All the World’s a Laboratory
Three long-term science projects that could change everything we know about science. Albert Einstein called scientific discovery "a continual...
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2009 List: Patent Pending
Seven technologies that will change our lives more than the new iPhone. 1 Open-Source Cell phones The open-source movement has come to the...
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Who's Connected How?
Technology connects us more and more each day. Who are the most and least connected people in the world? View Who's Connected How?
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The Future of Buying and Selling
Rob Kalin, founder of Etsy, on the future of buying and selling. There is a new level of transparency that is expected of companies, and...
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2009 List: Buy This Way
Eight ways people are shirking good old-fashioned capitalism. 1 Getting Free Stuff Online Through Freecycle, more than 6 million people have...
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Who's Buying What?
A look at where people around the world are directing some of their purchasing power. View Who's Buying What?
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Air Supply
If you believe the future of energy is offshore drilling, think again. It took us more than 20 years to accumulate our first 10,000 megawatts...
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Who's Sick with What?
Medical advances have left much of the developed world free of many diseases that still afflict the developing world, despite the existence of...
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2009 List: Global Health
How the four biggest disease-eradication efforts will make progress in 2009. 1 The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization Between 2000...
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Fever Breaker
More children die of malaria-a preventable disease-than HIV/AIDS. But former venture capitalist Ray Chambers, the U.N. secretary-general's...
