Scarcity
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Rethinking Growth
April 26, 2011
Herman Daly applies a biophysical lens to the economy and finds that bigger isn’t necessarily better.
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Going, Going, Gone
March 16, 2010
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Winds of Change
December 21, 2009
The stories we tell provide us with a record of our continuing struggle to understand the peculiar effects weather has on our lives.
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A Man on the Edge
November 03, 2009
A new biography explores Jacques Cousteau’s strange and colorful life but struggles to uncover why he has been so quickly forgotten.
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Sowing Africa’s Green Revolution
July 18, 2009
Small-scale farmers are Africa’s greatest asset—
a fact now being recognized on a global scale as President Obama and other G8 leaders call for major new investments in African agriculture. -
Finding Fish
July 16, 2009
Six experts discuss the global fisheries crisis; the economic, political, and social pressures that contributed to it; and what it will take to make fish stocks bounce back.
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The Coming Oil-Free Utopia
July 08, 2009
In $20 a Gallon, Christopher Steiner argues that rising oil prices will not unravel society, but rather change it for the better.
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The Extinction Oscillator
June 29, 2009
Sometimes, something kills nearly all life on the entire planet. But is there a regular cycle to this creation and destruction of Earth’s biodiversity?
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Week in Review: June 12
June 12, 2009
Gordon Brown reshuffles science, Europe and the pursuit of guilt-free energy, reviving the chestnut to fight climate change, creating clonal crops, and letting the sun shine on government.
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Ear to the Ground
April 22, 2009
Natural quiet is a rapidly disappearing resource. But if you travel far enough, and listen carefully, you can still find it.
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Banking the Monsoon
April 13, 2009
In a small village in the center of Gujarat, India, a society grows from clean water and satellite maps.
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Water and Sand in Rajasthan
March 13, 2009
In India’s populated desert, development and the flow of water are eroding a historic sand fort.
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Getting Our Nitrogen Fix
March 04, 2009
Our ability to pull nitrogen from the air fed a growing human population. Can 21st century biotechnology refine the process while reducing environmental impact?
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Be Fruitful and Multiply
February 12, 2009
Agriculture and civilization have sped up the evolution of humanity. From this simple thesis grows an argument aimed at the heart of how we think about history.
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Bacterial Foresight
October 09, 2008
Can bacteria anticipate changes in their environment?
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The Trouble with Biodiversity
October 07, 2008
Life is more varied near the equator. But making sense of that has confounded biologists for 200 years.
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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.
