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Finding the Lost City
Egyptologist Mark Lehner thinks it took almost 20,000 people to ...
Egyptologist Mark Lehner thinks it took almost 20,000 people to build the Great Pyramids. But where did all those workers live?
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Wireless Electricity
Using a new wireless charging system, plug-in electric cars may ...
Using a new wireless charging system, plug-in electric cars may be able to shed their power cables entirely.
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Life in the Blast Zone
Ecologist Charlie Crisafulli describes how the ecosystem around Mt. St. ...
Ecologist Charlie Crisafulli describes how the ecosystem around Mt. St. Helens is rebuilding itself 30 years after the catastrophic eruption.
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A Clean Energy Future?
Switching to clean energy makes sense for environmental reasons. But ...
Switching to clean energy makes sense for environmental reasons. But what about economic ones?
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The Many Gods of Israel
Archeologist Bill Dever says that polytheism may have been the ...
Archeologist Bill Dever says that polytheism may have been the norm in ancient Israel.
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Improving Maternal Health
In the year 2000, the United Nations set out to ...
In the year 2000, the United Nations set out to make maternal healthcare a universal right. How far have we come worldwide?
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Training for a Nuclear Crisis
Are workers at U.S. nuclear power plants prepared to deal ...
Are workers at U.S. nuclear power plants prepared to deal with earthquakes, tsunamis, and other disasters?
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Galileo and the Telescope
Learn why Galileo's early uses for the telescope weren't so ...
Learn why Galileo's early uses for the telescope weren't so scientific.
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Defining Intelligence: Seth Shostak
Astronomer Seth Shostak thinks that if alien intelligence is out ...
Astronomer Seth Shostak thinks that if alien intelligence is out there, we'll know it when we see it.
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Defining Intelligence: Steven Pinker
Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker says that modern human intelligence is ...
Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker says that modern human intelligence is the result of thousands of years of accumulated knowledge.
