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Inside the Search for New Antibiotics
​As the threat of drug-resistant superbugs grows, scientists are hunting for new
cures in some of the planet's dirtiest places. 
Medium
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First They Got Sick, Then They Moved into a Virtual
​Utopia
Real life Fran was a hiker and a dancer. But when Parkinson's stole her mobility,
​she discovered a new home--and a community of others like her--inside Second Life.    
​Wired 
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​The Telltale Strand
The genomics revolution has hit the courtroom, with the first case that relies on a powerful
new DNA reading technique. Called next generation sequencing, it will transform forensic science. 
Proto
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New Weapons in Old Fight to Save Forests
The Wounaan people of Panama are taking up drones and GPS to protect forest on their
​tribal lands from marauding loggers. Their chief was already killed in the fight.   
Al Jazeera
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​The Curious Case of the Bog Bodies
Why do so many perfectly preserved corpses found in Europe's peat bogs
​show signs of violent death? 
Nautilus
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​Can Wind Turbines Make You Sick? Or Crazy?
Some people living in the shadows of wind turbines say they’re making them sick. Almost as
upsetting: Their neighbors don’t feel a thing.
New York (print)
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Is Genetic Privacy a Myth?
Genetic tests and genome sequencing are generating terabytes of sensitive private
data. How can they be kept safe?
Proto

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Fiery Dispute Over Hot Rocks in Hawaii
Residents of a hippie enclave on the Big Island say the local geothermal plant is bad for
​their health. It's part of a colorful ongoing battle in the nation's most oil-dependent state.
Al Jazeera

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​Every Sunday, There’s a Protest Outside John
Paulson’s Enormous Townhouse
​It involves an open pit gold mine in a small town in Romania. 
New York (web)
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Paradise Lost
Supercolonies of tiny fire ants are threatening the farms and beaches of Hawaii.
The ants are just one of many invasive species plaguing the islands. 
Al Jazeera
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The Man Behind the Curtain
For Brazilian-born artist and modern-day trickster Vik Muniz, subverting his own images is all
​part of the game.
Guernica
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​How to Adapt to Your Face Transplant
The human face is a kind of synecdoche for the self, and yet a face transplant may
​be  psychologically easier to manage than a hand transplant.
Nautilus
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Nabokov, Resurrected
The Original of Laura was written at the end of Nabokov's life, and he asked his wife to destroy it. 
Now that his son Dmitri has published the work, it's tempting to see it as the ultimate
​Nabokovian prank.
Guernica
News
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The Shape of Things
Design choices pervade the health care system, and pediatrician Joyce Lee wants to make them smarter.
Proto 
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Where Lost Diseases Go
A new, nationwide team of experts gives the toughest medical cases a
​chance at a breakthrough.
Proto 
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Under Lock and Key
Genetic databases have helped medicine make great leaps forward.
But is it really possible to keep the identities behind those genes a secret? 
Proto
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Still Restless
Restless legs syndrome continues to puzzle, even with the recent publication
of the first clinical guidelines for the disease.
Proto
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Babel in the ICU
Machines in an ICU can't speak to one another—but what if they could?
Proto
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A Touch of Sugar
The science behind placebos has come a long way since the sugar pill.
Ted Kaptchuk is leading the revolution.
Proto
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Same Pig, Second Act
After major breakthrough in gene editing, pig organs show new promise for use in humans.
Proto
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Fighting Anti-Vaxxers with a Marathon Science Reading
The Verge
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A Peruvian Farmer is Suing an Energy Giant over Climate Change
The Verge
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Defined: Oral Parity
Advocates rally around a new standard for cancer drug pricing. But will it have the desired effect?
Proto
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Superbugs in Their Sights
The Cures Act wants to put more tools in the hands of those who fight drug-resistant bacteria.
Can this war be won?
​Proto
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Unsound the Alarm
Hundreds of alarms compete for a clinician's attention. Can less noise mean better care?
Proto

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New Allies in the HIV Fight
An MGH program in South Africa partners with young women to research the earliest phase of HIV infection.
Proto
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Meet the Beetle
Hawaii Keeps Nervous Eye on Horned Invader
Al Jazeera
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Power Glove Makes Music with the Wave of a Hand
Popular Mechanics
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