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Our Newest Challenge in Space: Privatizing the Delivery and Return of Human Beings

January 2, 2020 Claire Shackleford Environment, Infrastructure, Science, Technology Leave a comment

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which was the first time man walked on the moon. December 11th, 1972 was the last time that man set foot on the moon. This means that it has been over 45 years since man last walked on the moon.

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The Montreal Protocol: Saving Earth’s vital ozone layer

January 29, 2019 Renee Shur Climate Change, Environment, Science, Technology Leave a comment

In 1985, three British scientists working at the British Antarctic Survey stunned the world when they discovered that at certain times of the year

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Conquering snow, old-style

January 26, 2019 Renee Shur Cities, History, Technology Leave a comment

Awakened recently at four and then six in the morning by the clanking and booming of salt trucks and snow plows lumbering outside my

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Apps for refugees: merging technology and humanitarianism

April 22, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik International, Refugees, Technology, Widgets: Science/Technology Leave a comment

These days, there’s an app for just about everything—even for being a refugee. According to the United Nations High Command on Refugees [UNHCR], apps

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Net Neutrality: Round Two

April 12, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Capitalism, Consumer issues, Corporations, Corruption, Democracy, Technology Leave a comment

It looks like Trump-appointee Ajit Pai over at the FCC is setting his sights on unraveling regulations that guarantee net neutrality. This radical change

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“Fallout” [the game] and fallout [the nuclear reality]

October 22, 2015 Adam Levin Foreign Policy, International, Nuclear weapons, Technology Leave a comment

“If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.” –Albert Einstein. Next month, “Fallout 4,” a highly-anticipated

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Ballpark Village’s technical oxymoron

June 9, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor, Missouri region, Technology, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Just a quick chuckle at the expense of St.Louis’ new Ballpark Village, the taxpayer-subsidized bar-and-restaurant venue that adds very little to downtown St. Louis,

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You can’t have a political movement without moving. But bring your smartphone, too.

May 14, 2014 Bojan Francuz Activism, Technology Leave a comment

People marching in lines. Banners, signs and paraphernalia everywhere. A familiar scene at rallies and protests. At first glance, little beside the intensity has changed since

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Net neutrality: Will you be in the slow lane or the express lane?

February 13, 2014 Renee Shur Consumer issues, Government, Technology Leave a comment

Speed up. Slow down. Block. Assuming that the above five words are nothing more than a description of Super Bowl tactics would be incorrect.

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Boots on the ground, working for democracy

January 30, 2014 Arthur Lieber Budget, Business, Congress, Government, Politics, Republican Brain, Technology 2 comments

“The government this.” “The government that.” These are often the lead-ins for criticisms from right-winger malcontents. To them, it is as if the government

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