Globalization
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On Systemic Risk
December 16, 2010
In an increasingly interconnected world, the actions of the few can rapidly spiral into a global crisis. Policymakers must learn from recent events to control the risk latent in our interdependence.
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On Resilience
December 13, 2010
How much disturbance can a system withstand? With roots in ecology and complexity science, resilience theory can turn crises into catalysts for innovation.
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In Defense of Difference
July 09, 2010
Scientists offer new insight into what to protect of the world's rapidly vanishing languages, cultures, and species.
biodiversity, demographics, development, ethics, globalization, languages, population
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Nepal: Wireless in the Mountains
February 16, 2009
A home WiFi kit and a solar-powered relay station transform healthcare and education for a remote village in western Nepal.
borders, community, development, globalization, innovation, technology
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Kathmandu: Diplomatic Waters
December 26, 2008
Reporting from the developing world, traveling science writer Gaia Vince relays her first dispatch from the meltwaters of the Himalaya.
climate, development, globalization, policy, research, water
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No Resting on Laurels
October 14, 2008
The Olympics, China's world debut, have ended. Now what?
climate, development, globalization, growth, policy, population
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Turning a Blind Eye
September 25, 2008
An image said to reveal an "unknown" tribe instead exposes a history of our ignorance and greed.
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China, Revisited
August 12, 2008
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On the Mark
February 22, 2008
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Go West, Young Scientist
December 13, 2007
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Science is Golden
October 03, 2007
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Global Science Park
August 13, 2007
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
