December 2010
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Link: Undermining China's Monopoly on Rare Earth... →
From Technology Review. Access to rare earth elements will be increasingly important in the next few decades. They’re some of the trace materials that are vital for modern electronics, and the fact that they may be running out receives a lot less attention than peak oil, for example.
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Link: African Huts Far From the Grid Glow With... →
From the New York Times.
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When Geneva meets genetics
This was originally written for The Sydney Globalist, an undergraduate international affairs magazine. It was named best article in the issue, which had the theme “Borders”.
On a steamy day in 1974, from a facility nestled in the mountainous Puerto Rico jungle, humankind made its first concerted attempt to cross our most imposing border: the void separating our solar system from the...
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The fabric of humanity
This was originally written for a competition run by the Global21 network, asking students to imagine life in 2021, which it won.
The world is coming apart at the seams, and we couldn’t be happier.
That’s true on two levels. We’re enjoying a radical democratisation of many aspects of our society, dismantling restrictions and giving everyday citizens more power than ever to...