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How the bear inside you could save the world
“Sobs racked the body of a middle-aged man as he cradled the head of his baby, its dust-covered body dressed only in a blue diaper, lying beside the bodies of three other children, their colorful clothes layered with debris from their shattered homes.” I held this sentence, from a Reuters report on the civilian casualties […]
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Put a Radioactive Fork in It
A proposal by the U.S. Department of Energy to recycle radioactive steel did not go over well with environmentalists and other concerned citizens in Minneapolis yesterday. The DOE is considering a plan to recycle slightly contaminated scrap metal from its research and weapons facilities. The recycled steel would then be used in consumer goods from […]
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Survival sometimes calls for cooperation, not competition
“Human beings will never cooperate. War and fighting are part of our very make-up. We’re competitive, violent animals.” That’s what the cynics say, and sometimes it seems as though there is plenty of evidence to support their case. The recent attacks on New York and Washington. Bosnia. Rwanda. Over-fished oceans and over-harvested forests. Fights over […]