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Filipino nurses make up nearly a third of all health-care workers killed by the pandemic. Why? Listen to The
Experiment
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Caroline Lester
Caroline Lester is a writer and audio producer based in Connecticut. Her work has appeared on PRI's
The World
, the BBC World Service, and
Roads and Kingdoms
.
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What Happens When Your Bomb-Defusing Robot Becomes a Weapon
Treating a technology as a “platform” has consequences.
Caroline Lester
April 26, 2018
