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Humans exist in a "food web," wherein we enjoy our familiar menu of plants, vegetables, animals and their by-products, etc; but what’s out there itching to get ahold of us…and […]
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Global populations, economics, environments, cultures and human health all intersect in meat.
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A Conversation with the mathematical biologist at Rockefeller University.
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Doug Malewicki outlines some feasible game changing ideas in the realm of transportation.
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Why government funding isn’t necessary to back up the scientist’s vision for the future of transportation.
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Doug Malewicki’s Sky Tran invention is less expensive than a light rail system and incorporates many of the characteristics of the MagLev train.
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Some of the Sky Tran’s key technologies can be applied to wind energy.
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Picture this: you’re on your way to work, in a pod, going 100 miles per hour. Meet the Sky Tran.
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A conversation with the President and Chief Scientist of AeroVisions Inc..
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Congestion pricing in England’s capital has upped the share of travelers that are using public transportation.
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Dynamic road pricing could solve congestion problems, but is it socially equitable?
In his latest op/ed Nick Kristof is lamenting the fact that girls are outperforming boys at school. Kristof is as ardent a defender of women's rights as anyone in the […]
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Other countries have it. Why doesn’t the U.S.? Because we’ve been unwilling to pay.
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When it comes to adopting transportation issues, the federal government has a special role as a cheerleader.
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Transportation systems have to operate on these dimensions to be effective: economic development, environmental protection and social equity.
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A conversation with the MIT professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Judith Thurman’s Talk of the Town piece in this week’s New Yorker details how an unknown Italian "journalist" fabricated interviews with Philip Roth and John Grisham (the odd selection of those […]
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The creator of "thing theory" suspects his professional curiosity about objects stems from his private inability to attach much importance to them.
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The UChicago critic names the works he loved best as a young reader and the author that excites him most these days.
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Is the nature of "the text" changing in the Web age? Are blogs hurting criticism? And could the growing interest in "thing theory" be a response to an increasingly virtual […]