A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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Breast Cancer and Unnecessary Treatment
Do cancer specialists owe women a huge apology? Recent research strongly suggests that treatments that are routinely recommended to women with breast cancer have led to unnecessary mastectomies and unnecessary chemotherapy
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Ancient Organics Discovered on Mars
Since arriving at Mars in 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover has drilled into rocks in search of organics – molecules containing carbon. Organics are the building blocks of all life on Earth, though they can also come from non-living sources.
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Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor
Even after Emancipation, Kossula Oluales spent the rest of his life trying to recover what was lost.
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Could we turn chicken waste into power? » Yale Climate Connections
They say burning bird poop could reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
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‘How to Change Your Mind’ reveals the amazing history and tantalizing potential of psychedelic drugs
In his latest work, Pollan looks at psychedelic drugs, and in particular at psilocybin and LSD. What Pollan reveals is a history that most people didn’t just forget, they never knew it in the first place.
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What is peer review? | Human World | EarthSky
We’ve all heard of peer review. It gives credence to research and scholarly papers. But what does it mean? How does it work?
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The Child Labor in Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Fields
A global demand for tobacco is fueling this scourge.
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NASA’s incredible exoplanet-hunting telescope is about to launch
There is some good news on the horizon for astronomers, astrophysicists, planetary geologists, and people who just like learning neat things about far-away worlds. It’s TESS, short for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which, if all goes well, will launch on Monday evening aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.
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Flying in an all-electric plane may become the norm in less than a decade
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Watch a Garden Come to Life in This Absolutely Breathtaking Time-Lapse
Journey through a blooming garden of dancing flowers in this incredible four-minute short film.
