Features
Photo: Dan Griffin
Around the world, coral reefs are dying as oceans warm. But near a tiny island in the South Pacific, researchers have discovered corals that have adapted to survive. They could be the key to saving a verdant sea.
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Toni Gauthier
The Iranian Optimist
Imprisoned by the shah, exiled by revolutionary excesses, Abbas Milani has spent 25 years pushing for democratic change in his home country. What makes him think it can happen now?
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Photo: Michael Kelley
WH2OA!
The shimmering, spiraling, gravity-defying water installations created by Mark Fuller, MS '78, and his company have not only beautified resorts around the world, they have established a new genre of art.
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Patricia Pooladi/National Academy of Sciences
Facing the Heat
The already fractious debate over climate change has boiled over in recent months with threats and accusations against scientists. One target has been Professor Stephen Schneider, who says the public is being snookered by a radical fringe intent on obscuring the facts.
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How Elephants Establish Who Is in Charge
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Trustee Extraordinaire
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Yurts Become Pop-Up Science Labs
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The Audition Tape that Could
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Dispatch from Colombia: Nick Casey
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