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Diagnosing the steel failure in the SF Transit Center ~engineering Article 3522 words, published Oct 25 2019 8 votes
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Frank Gehry's most ambitious project: Restoring the Los Angeles River ~design urban planning Article 3024 words 6 votes
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MIT Media Lab scientist claimed success for a deployment of food computers to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, but the computers never worked ~science Link 9 votes
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Financial Bubbles are the Gnostic Heresy: The Voegelin-Minsky Synthesis ~finance Article 11 940 words, published Oct 18 2019 5 votes
Designing River City Girls' approachable, challenging brawling ~games Article 3088 words, published Oct 11 2019 4 votes
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In face of rising sea levels the Netherlands ‘must consider controlled withdrawal’ ~enviro climate change Article 5280 words, published Mar 26 2019 10 votes
What randomization can and cannot do: The 2019 Nobel Prize ~finance economics Article 4833 words 4 votes
Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors ~enviro climate change Article 4118 words 21 votes
The case for fiber to the home, today: Why fiber is a superior medium for 21st century broadband ~tech internet Article 7953 words 11 votes
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Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply ~life education.higher Article 3116 words 15 votes
What teaching ethics in Appalachia taught me about bridging America’s partisan divide ~humanities ethics education Article 6147 words 23 votes
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America’s Orthodox Jews are selling a ton of the products you buy on Amazon ~finance business Article 3451 words 11 votes
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Elizabeth Warren faced sexism, split with a husband and found her voice teaching law in Houston ~misc politics Article 3491 words 5 votes
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Meet the rich kids who want to give away all their money ~finance Article 4554 words, published Sep 27 2019 10 votes
Land without bread: The Green New Deal forsakes America’s countryside ~enviro climate change Article 5189 words, published Sep 1 2019 9 votes
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