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Innovation

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The Last Word

A quick questionnaire with Jeremi Suri

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The Last Word: Jon Kleinberg

A quick questionnaire with Jon Kleinberg

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A quick questionnaire with Kevin Kruse

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A quick questionnaire with Lisa Kaltenegger

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A quick questionnaire with Lisa Sanditz

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A quick questionnaire with Luis von Ahn

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A quick questionnaire with Marc Bamuthi Joseph

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A quick questionnaire with Matt Flannery

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A quick questionnaire with Mayda del Valle

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A quick questionnaire with Michael Wong

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A quick questionnaire with Nico Muhly

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A quick questionnaire with Philippe Cousteau

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A quick questionnaire with Rachel Grady

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A quick questionnaire with Ramón Gonzalez

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A quick questionnaire with Reza Aslan

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A quick questionnaire with Sarah Jones

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A quick questionnaire with Sufjan Stevens

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A quick questionnaire with Trenton Doyle Hancock

In the Persian Gulf, authorities are concerned about terrorism as well as piracy. Coalition vessels (the Coast Guard cutter Aquidneck, behind Coast Guardsman Zachary Coone) patrol exclusion zones around Iraq's Al Basrah and Khawr Al Amaya terminals, where tankers take on millions of barrels of oil daily.

The Pirate Hunters

As buccanneering is back with a vengeance, stepped-up law enforcement and high-tech tools work to help protect shipping on the high seas

Barbed Wire was designed for "preventing cattle from breaking through wire-fences," Glidden writes in his application.

Patent Pending

The Supreme Court may soon reinvent the rules for invention

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