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David Agus: A new strategy on the war on cancer

January 6, 2011 by  
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Traditionally, David Agus explains, cancer treatments have had a short-sighted focus on the offending individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modeling and protein analysis to treat and analyse the whole body.

Rufus Griscom & Alisa Volkman: Let’s Talk Parenting Taboos

January 6, 2011 by  
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Babble.com publishers Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, in a lively tag-team, expose 4 facts that parents never, ever admit and why they should. Funny and honest, for parents and non parents alike.

Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself

January 6, 2011 by  
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Venice is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too.

Chris Abani: Muses on Humanity

January 6, 2011 by  
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Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It’s “ubuntu,” he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.

Kristen Ashburn: Heart-rending photographs of Aids in Zimbabwe

January 5, 2011 by  
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In this moving talk, documentary photographer Kristen Ashburn shares unforgettable images of the human impact of AIDS in Africa.

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