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The hidden cost of gold - Lyla Latif
Dig into how foreign corporations exploit African nations like Mali for their gold mining, and often rob them of proper compensation.
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In 2020, Mali …
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The secret mechanisms of the adolescent brain - Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
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Why do teenagers seem so much more i…
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This unusual trick will help you summon an army of worms - Kenny Coogan
Discover the tradition of worm grunting, and find out why earthworms come to the surface when they sense vibrations in the earth.
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In the middle of F…
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Why architects need to employ their ears - Julian Treasure
Because of poor acoustics, students in classrooms miss 50 percent of what their teachers say and patients in hospitals have trouble sleeping because …
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Why a sausage can manage what your gloves cannot - Charles Wallace and Sajan Saini
Dig into the science of touchscreens, and find out the difference between the two most common types: capacitive and resistive.
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In 2010, South Korea …
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What is the Internet, exactly? - Andrew Blum
When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, journalist Andrew Blum started wondering what the Internet was really made of. So he …
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A brief chronicle of Spanish - Ilan Stavans
Trace the history and evolution of the Spanish language, from its origins in the 3rd century BCE to modern day.
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Beginning in the third century BCE,…
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A story about knots and surgery - Ed Gavagan
One day, Ed Gavagan was sitting on the subway, watching two young med students practicing their knots. And a powerful memory washed over him -- of on…
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Can you figure out what's wrong with these paintings? - Noah Charney
Discover the scientific process art conservators use to restore centuries-old paintings and fix the damage of past restorations.
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Prior to the mid-2…
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What we're gathering from 5,000 brains - Read Montague
Mice, bugs and hamsters are no longer the only way to study the brain. Functional MRI (fMRI) allows scientists to map brain activity in living, breat…
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