Environment
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Bioplastics Man
November 10, 2009
Biochemist Oliver Peoples explains how his polymer-producing microbes could transform the plastics industry and why both oceans and landfills will benefit.
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A Bloom in Biofuels
August 05, 2009
The same organisms that created the oil and gas now powering our industrial society and warming the globe can also be used to make carbon-neutral fuels.
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Living Off the Land
July 20, 2009
The same technology that keeps astronauts alive in outer space could foster more sustainable lifestyles right here on Earth.
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Week in Review: June 19
June 19, 2009
Building a power plant worthy of tomorrowland, a climate nudge disguised as a clarion call to arms, and school’s out—brains, turn off!
climate, education, environment, funding, policy, politics, week in review
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Economic Advice for the Planet
June 17, 2009
Protecting the environment, some say, is a drag on economic growth. Kristen Sheeran directs a new network of economists who aim to prove them wrong.
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Forests for the Trees
June 04, 2009
Five experts discuss paying countries to keep forests intact, what role carbon markets should play, and how to protect the people whose lives depend on trees.
carbon, catalyst, ecology, environment, multilateralism, policy
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The Truth About Water Wars
May 14, 2009
Seven experts debate the past and present existence of water wars, consider the difficulty of owning a fluid resource, and examine the hot spots for future conflict.
catalyst, conflict, development, environment, leadership, policy, water
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Week in Review: May 8
May 08, 2009
Animal research reconsidered in Europe, the death of a glacier, some leaders decide to save green instead of going green, and new evidence for hobbits as bona fide species rather than a genetic mistake.
environment, medicine, policy, politics, research, week in review
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Will the Future Be Geoengineered?
April 29, 2009
Five experts debate engineering the climate, how it would be governed, and the ways we're doing it already.
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Innovation
Let There Be Light
Astronomers will soon find scores of Earth-sized exoplanets, but imaging them may be decades away. That is, unless NASA decides to build a starshade.
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Ideas
Into the Uncanny Valley
New findings shed light on a century’s worth of bizarre explanations for the eerie feeling we get around lifelike robots.
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World
Signs from Above
The release of an apocalyptic movie prompts NASA to debunk planetary rumors, fowl play shuts down the LHC, and the Catholic Church discusses alien life.
