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Mushrooms, Global Warming, and the next Pandemic
How climate change may be driving the emergence of the next great extinction event
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Building on reclaimed land
How soil settlement and subsidence may affect our ability to capitalize on reclaimed land.
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Wonders of Our World #4: The Delta and Zuiderzee Works
Taking a moment to appreciate the worlds largest ever hydraulic engineering project
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What if everyone *did* just?
The secret sauce to understanding Japan
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The Texas M.U.D. Model
How Special Districts Paved the Way for Housing Abundance in Texas Cities
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The Wells of Venice
How a city surrounded by salt got its fresh water
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The Spice Must Flow: The Dutch-Portuguese War-Part 1
Pirates, privateers, colonies, and companies, who will rule the waves?
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The Bank of Starbucks
From coffee to coffers, the bean counters at Starbucks make money moves
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Cyrus the Great
A standout leader among Mesopotamian monsters
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Proto Pumps and Early Water Infrastructure
A survey exploring the different ways humanity has channeled the essential resource of water for thousands of years
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Burying the Lead
Understanding heavy metal exposure today and in ancient Rome.
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Wonders of Our World #1: The Internal Combustion Engine
The ICE takes the much awaited top spot in the wonders of our world list! PLUS - an honorable mentions list of 26 near miss contenders for the wonders…
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