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A Math Genius Like No Other Comes to the Big Screen
The Man Who Knew Infinity brings the self-taught Indian wunderkind Srinivasa Ramanujan vividly to life
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Robotic Laboratories Fan Out to Study the Seas
They look like R2-D2 in swim floaties, but they could revolutionize ocean science—and more
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Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia
Iranian botanist Hossein Akhani wants to save this ecological treasure before it vanishes entirely
Neuroscience
Training the Brain's Motivation Center
What biofeedback was to the 1970's, neurofeedback could be to the 2020's
Climate Change
How to Transform Our Energy System
It's necessary in order to save the climate, but steady improvement won't make it happen
Conservation
How Two Kinds of Regulation Brought Back the Manatee
The massive marine mammal's numbers have increased by 400 percent in the past quarter-century—and it's not the only such success story
Environment
The Earth Day Pioneer Nobody Remembers
Ed Muskie ran for vice president in 1968 and served as Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State—but his legacy as an environmentalist is often forgotten
Policy
Why Should People Trust What Scientists Tell Them?
Earth Day and the growing climate crisis remind us how vital it is for science to inform public policy
Evolution
What the Demise of the Dinosaurs Has in Common with JFK's Assassination
There's a prime suspect in both cases, but was there a second gunman on the grassy knoll?
Environment
The Education of an Environmentalist
How an award-winning filmmaker who created the definitive Earth Day documentary learned to love nuclear power in an age of global warming
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