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Meet Your Body’s Death Eaters

From brain to blood to bone, macrophages take out our cellular trash.

November 11, 2013

Our Nuclear Waste Is a Goldmine

Technology for generating power from spent uranium hits policy barriers.

November 11, 2013

Facebook Cools Off

Supercomputer centers slash excess electricity as smaller ones try to follow.

November 11, 2013

The Cost of Cryptography

Computer security is trying to avoid wasting your time.

November 11, 2013

What If Obesity Is Nobody’s Fault?

Meet the mice that are changing the obesity conversation.

November 11, 2013

Reading the Book of Life in Prehistoric Dung

“Paleoscatologist” Karen Chin has uncovered the humble origin of life after dinosaurs.

November 11, 2013

Evolution in a Finite World

Why is sexual reproduction so common in nature?

November 11, 2013

How To Waste Time Properly

The right distractions can boost creativity.

November 11, 2013

You Are Made of Waste

Searching for the ultimate example of recycling? Look in the mirror.

November 5, 2013

Did Cars Save Our Cities From Horses?

Debating a modern parable about waste and technology.

November 1, 2013