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Issue #96

An aerial view of cars driving on a highway trees separating the directions
May 28 2020
Why self-driving cars shouldn’t be too autonomous
Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics
A vector illustration of a syringe filled with red liquid, casting a long shadow
May 11 2020
An experimental new injection might help diabetics
Health, Materials
Multicolored lego blocks
May 29 2020
Tina Seelig: How constraint unleashes creativity
An expert in entrepreneurship explains why often a lack of resources is just what is needed to spark real innovation.
wind farms
Jun 25 2020
How interactions between developers and landowners affect wind farms
Energy, Environment, Technology & Society

Issue #94

Empty hospital beds lined up in a hospital hallway
Apr 15 2020
A new COVID-19 calculator is designed to help hospitals prepare
Health
A pattern of journalistic tools like cameras, microphones, notepads, and newspapers
Apr 16 2020
Seema Yasmin: How to conquer a pandemic with communication
Health
A cut paper illistration of an orange ladder leading up to a circular hole in a grey wall, leading to clear blue skies with fluffy white clouds
May 11 2020
Megan Palmer: COVID-19’s scientific silver lining
An expert in biopolicy offers insight on today’s COVID-19 crisis and hope that leaders in policy, science and security can unite to prevent the next pandemic.
Health, Security, Technology & Society
Manu Prakash
May 1 2020
A lab takes a frugal-science approach to COVID-19
Health, Technology & Society

Issue #93

A nasal swab
Apr 27 2020
How a rapid field testing device could help head off future epidemics
Health
Tina White
Apr 9 2020
Researchers help develop a privacy-focused coronavirus alert app
Computation & Data, Technology & Society
illustration of people in yellow bubbles
Apr 13 2020
When can we ease social-distancing?
Researchers have created a crowdsourcing site that collects county-level policy data to inform this critical decision.
Computation & Data, Technology & Society
A healthcare worker oversees an elderly patient in their home
Apr 8 2020
Nigam Shah: A researcher turns to data to fight the COVID-19 virus
Computation & Data, Health