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Artificial Intelligence: Technology & Society
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful force. It enables machines to think and act like humans. From perky virtual assistants and...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 96 min read
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Carbon Sequestration: Environmental Health
Carbon sequestration capture and store carbon either through biological means or in geological formations. This process, currently used...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 85 min read
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Air Pollution: Science, Health & Economy
Air pollution is an accelerating global crisis affecting millions of lives and ecosystems. Air pollution is contamination of the...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 85 min read
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Robot Manufacture & Environmental Health
Industries use automation and robotics to promote productivity. Along with robot manufacturing advances come environmental concerns....

Sylvia Rose
Mar 73 min read
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North Korea (DPRK): Total Control
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a totalitarian regime. The government controls political,...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 67 min read
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De-Orbiting Satellites: Problems & Processes
De-orbiting is the controlled descent and re-entry of satellites into Earth’s atmosphere. Methods include propulsion systems and solar...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 56 min read
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Space Debris: Coping with Dangerous Junk
Space debris is human made. It includes discarded rocket stages, defunct satellites and tiny fragments created by collisions and...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 55 min read
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Buddhist Violence in Rakhine State Myanmar
Buddhist violence erupts in Rakhine State, Myanmar with a long and complex history of politics and social dynamics. While most Buddhists...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 45 min read
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Myanmar (Burma): Beauty & Brutality
Myanmar (Burma), has a rich cultural heritage but violent history of conflict, military rule and civil unrest. Brutal changes and warfare...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 26 min read
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How Solar Panels Work
Solar panels or photovoltaic (PV) panels are designed to convert sunlight directly into electricity. They're composed of multiple smaller...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 14 min read
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Russo-Ukrainian War: Motives, Propaganda & Technology
The Russo-Ukrainian War begins in 2014. Conflict goes back much further. The war has profound political, social, and economic...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 19 min read
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Zinc (Zn): Technology, Nature & Health
Zinc (Zn) is a transition metal integral to health, environment and technology. It's forged in the crucible of stars through nuclear...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 285 min read
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CubeSats: Science, Technology & Risky Business
CubeSats are miniature satellites with cutting edge technology and aerospace innovation. They are small units measuring 10x10x10 cm and...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 285 min read
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Titanium (Ti): From Space to Earth & Back
Titanium (Ti) is a metallic element. From celestial origins titanium has widespread appeal as the metal of choice for robots,...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 274 min read
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Self-Healing Silicone Technology in Robotics
Self-healing silicone is a regenerative polymer network valued in robotics, where durability and longevity are vital. It revolutionizes...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 263 min read
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Space Satellites: Mechanics & Materials
Space satellites or artificial satellites orbit Earth sending and receiving data. Many function in navigation (GPS) and global...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 266 min read
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Ancient Salt & Health: Physician Dioscorides
Dioscorides is a physician of Rome in the first century AD. He serves as a doctor in Nero's army and later writes De Materia Medici ,...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 255 min read
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Salt (NaCl): Science, History & Cuisine
Salt is primarily sodium chloride (NaCl). As a naturally occurring mineral it's known as halite or rock salt. Vital for food preservation...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 255 min read
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Pharos Lighthouse: Ancient Wonder of Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria or Pharos Lighthouse is a beacon for seafarers and a brilliant display of power, wealth and technology in...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 244 min read
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Gallic Wars: Caesar's Invasion of Germania
Julius Caesar's military campaigns in Germania provoke fierce opposition, strategic alliances and guerilla warfare. Rome conquers most of...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 245 min read
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