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New Portable DNA Kit Aids Global Pursuit Of Biodiversity
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA TRENTO — A torrential rain drenches the Mount Rungwe forest in Tanzania. Under a big blue tent, four researchers are patiently waiting in front of their Skype webcam. They...
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Lost In Translation, A Strange State Of Grace
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS -Essay- TOKYO — When I decided to move to Tokyo, I didn't truly understand what learning Japanese meant. Three alphabets, thousands of ideograms, and a way to omit the...
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Smart Cities International: Dubai Robocops, Montreal Snow, Valencia Water
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE · TRANSLATED INTELLIGENCE
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Why The Chinese Will Never Understand Silicon Valley
Worldcrunch.com / CAIXINMEDIA PALO ALTO — Tucked away on Waverley Street in Palo Alto, California, the house where Steve Jobs used to live is an inconspicuous brick Tudor with rambling roses climbing...
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Can DNA Be Used To Bust Owners Of Dog Poop Left Behind?
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — This is DNA testing that reaches where you might not expect. A city of Munich proposal aims to record the genetic makeup of all Munich dogs in a single...
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Snap! French Doctors Get Serious About Hypnotherapy
Worldcrunch.com / L'OBS PARIS — They're sitting face to face, barely one meter separating the hypnotherapist from his patient. "You stare at the handle of the window behind me," the hypnotherapist...
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Rawabi, A Palestinian City Bold Enough To Bet On The Future
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA RAWABI — Qatari flags, Italian kitchens, WiFi in the streets, green public transport, and apartments for 40,000 inhabitants: Welcome to Rawabi, the first Palestinian city...
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Russia Takes Soviet-Style Tack To Salvage Space Program
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS MOSCOW — Compared to last century's Cosmonaut glory, Russia's space program is looking more like a dud these days. On May 16, a Proton-M rocket crashed in Siberia with its...
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In Denmark, The World's First Self-Sufficient Green Island
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE SAMSO — The Vikings, masters of wind, once turned this small island lost in the middle of Denmark into a strategic place. They dug a channel and built a castle, from which...
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Smart Cities International: Digital Buenos Aires, Smart Small Town, More
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH When city planners talk about the future, the increasing influx to urban centers is a source of both fear and excitement. Urban centers are, on a global scale,...
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A Dying Girl's Family Takes On Big Pharma Over Drug Access
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — Hannah suffers from child dementia, and the 9-year-old will die within the next few years. Special medication could help, but the pharmaceutical company...
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The Controversial Link Between Genetics And Civil War
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -OpEd- PARIS — For 70 years now, we've been living in peace. Badly hit by an economic crisis, obsessed with signs of a decline, undermined by a pessimism without equal in...
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App Helps North Korean Defectors Learn Southern Slang
Worldcrunch.com / PortalKBR SEOUL — North Korea is sometimes seen as being trapped in a Stalinist time warp. And because it's so isolated, some South Koreans think that even the way people there speak...
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New Nouvelle Vague - France Flirts With Digital Cinema
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS PARIS — Do viewers of first-run films really need a theater these days? Two major movie distributors have decided they don't, choosing to release feature films directly...
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The Economics Of Our Growing Appetite For Protein
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN The world is hungry for proteins. For those of us monitoring the economy in Argentina, which is a leading producer of grains and soy, it is clear that this is a huge...
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Smart Cities International: Berlin Brainbox, Digital Kiev, Smart Siberia
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH While historically cities have tended to develop haphazardly, there is now a general consensus that a city benefits if it evolves according to a guiding vision. And the...
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What Climate Change Will Look Like 35 Years From Now
Worldcrunch.com / FOLHA DE S. PAULO -Essay- SAO PAULO — It's the future here, writing with a warning to brace yourself. How I would love to tell you that in 35 years you'll be able to go back in time,...
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Capturing Energy From A Flag Flapping In The Wind
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS PARIS — Are traditional bulky turbines the only way to capture the energy blowing in the wind? The answer, my friend, is apparently No. Earlier this year, a team of...
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Making Solar Panels That Are Eco But Not Ugly
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS GENEVA — "You can have the Ford Model T in any color you want, as long as it's black," Henry Ford once said. The same, for too long, has been true for unsightly solar...
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Dilma To Houston, Brazil Aims To Relaunch Space Program With US Boost
Worldcrunch.com / FOLHA DE S. PAULO -Analysis- SAO PAULO — The Brazilian space program was born in 1961 thanks to American support. It never recovered from its demise during the following decade, and...
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