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Marco Goran Why You Bought That Ugly Sweater
The scientific tricks stores use to part you and your money
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Jeong Suh / Bryan Christie Design Palm Reading Is Real?
How your hands actually predict your future
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Gregory Reid The Pill Pusher
A better way to dispense prescriptions
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Gregory Reid Stop the Bleeding
An injectable bandage
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Gregory Reid Better Hygiene Through Humiliation
A device that reminds doctors and nurses to wash their hands
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Gregory Reid Spoiler Alert
Fresher food labels
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Rijuven A Stethoscope That Can See
A new tool lets doctors turn sound waves into graphs.
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The Inflatable Helmet
Swedish engineers have invented an air bag for your head.
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Jeff Elkins The Good-Luck Charm That Solved a Public-Health Problem
Warding off anemia with small iron fish
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Mike Basher Photobomb: A New Data-Recording Device for First Responders
It's round, it bounces, and it snaps pictures every half second.
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Levi Brown Life After QWERTY
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origamicondoms.com This Is a Condom
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Morph Wheels Reinventing the Wheel: Here's One You Can Fold
Witness the most awesome wheelchair yet.
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Marvel Studios War Machine: Iron Man–Like Exoskeletons and the Army of the Future
Technical advances may make upper-body strength less important in combat—and level the playing field for women.
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A Poet Remembers Lonesome George, Giant Tortoise and 'Emblem of Despair'
X.J. Kennedy, who wrote a poem in honor of the 100-year-old reptile, calls his death this weekend a "personal loss."
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Intrigue in the South China Sea
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John Hantz
The entrepreneur John Hantz wants to invest $30 million in a plan to reimagine Detroit. He's prepping vast swaths of abandoned land for what he hopes will become the world's largest urban farm—as well as an economic shot in the arm for one of America's most blighted cities.
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Lease Your Energy
The average cost of a residential solar system is around $30,000, too steep for many would-be environmentalists. Enter solar leasing, in which homeowners pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for solar panels and maintenance. Solar leases cut energy bills by an average of 15 percent, while simultaneously insulating users from fluctuating energy prices--making going green a whole lot more affordable.
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Comic Belief: When Islam Inspires Superheroes
Naif al-Mutawa, creator of 'The 99', discusses the international cast of characters in his Islam-themed stories
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Comic Belief
Naif al-Mutawa, creator of The 99, discusses the international cast of superheroes who populate his Islam-themed stories
