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October 07, 2022 00:26:45
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#1672: Ornithology | The Best Of Our Knowledge

Andrew Farnsworth is a senior research associate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and has led a career that’s focused on migration and how...

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September 30, 2022 00:29:58
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#1671: Unionization at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

From Amazon warehouses to the galleries of major cultural institutions, unionization has seemingly undergone a sort of revitalization during the pandemic. The National Labor...

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September 23, 2022 00:29:58
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#1670: Outsider art explained

If the academy, gallery system and museums have the power to define and promote art, the countless works that are ignored make up an...

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September 16, 2022 00:29:58
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#1669: Trees store trove of useful data

Whatever allure trees might hold, they also have scads of data stored within their trunks. Daniel Griffin, an assistant professor of geography at the...

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September 09, 2022 00:29:58
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#1668: Production of microchips in U.S. could be changing

Jesús del Alamo, a professor in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, began studying semiconductors in the 1970s. The field’s obviously developed...

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September 09, 2022 00:29:58
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#1668: Production of microchips in U.S. could be changing

Jesús del Alamo, a professor in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, began studying semiconductors in the 1970s. The field’s obviously developed...

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