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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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#1667: Global Monitoring Laboratory tracks methane, other greenhouse gasses
Xin Lan's work at the University of Colorado and as a research associate with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration focuses on methane. Her...
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#1666: Financial literacy is a good investment for American students
Next Gen Personal Finance, a nonprofit cofounded by Tim Ranzetta and Jessica Endlich, aims to help enlighten students around financial literacy — everything from...
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#1665: Peanuts helped Jori Lewis parse Senegalese history
Peanuts led journalist and essayist Jori Lewis to a larger story about Senegal, slavery, commerce and religion. “Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest,...
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#1664: How Russians culled the whale population during the 20th century
Science, politics and the natural world all collide in the writing of Ryan Tucker Jones. “Red Leviathan: The Secret History of Soviet Whaling,” his...
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#1663: Is the teaching profession in peril?
The past few years have resulted in seismic disruptions of society, from economic and political schisms to changes in interpersonal relationships. Teaching has changed,...