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Between the Distant Space and the Deep Blue Sea
Water bodies cover almost 71 percent of the surface of our planet and have played a crucial role in our history; some of the oldest...
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Global Warming Edges Closer to Home
What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago people talked about global warming as something that would affect the developed world decades ahead, if...
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Brain cells from an unlikely source
This article appeared in the Spring 2013 issue of Current Exchange Magazine. At this moment, millions of toilets are flushing. Whirling down the drains is...
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Genome Envy
This article appeared in the Spring 2013 issue of Current Exchange Magazine. Humans have an inferiority complex when it comes to our genetic material. Back...
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Evolution, family trees, and language
This article appeared in the Spring 2013 issue of Current Exchange Magazine. The steppes of Southern Russia and Ukraine are dotted with lone hills, each...
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A Short History of Papermaking
Paper is the ubiquitous and lightweight product we all know and love. It can be made to absorb stains for cleaning purposes or watercolors for...
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The ins and outs of J1 Visas
Many foreign-born scientists, medical doctors, mathematicians and engineers who enter the United States for training or education will, at one time or another, hold J-1...
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Is Virtual Reality Making a Comeback?
If you grew up in the late 80s or early 90s, there’s a good chance you played a Viewmaster, or if you were even luckier,...
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Heads and heels in STEM
The status of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is revisited this time of year, close to International Women’s Day, which is observed...
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Q&A with Retraction Watch’s Ivan Oransky
Ivan Oransky is the vice president and global editorial director of MedPage Today. In 2010, he co-founded Retraction Watch, where he and others discuss the...
