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Issue #75

Researchers have learned how to help plants pull more growth-promoting iron from land that’s tough to farm. | Reuters/John Sommers II

Jul 8, 2019

A new way to grow crops in marginal soils could help feed the world

Environment, Technology & Society

If we're ever going to fix echo chambers, we need to first understand what causes them. | Getty Images/DrAfter123

Jul 3, 2019

What is different about how Democrats and Republicans talk online?

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Jun 28, 2019

New ‘autofocal’ glasses aim to enable clearer vision

Can we create a programming environment that doesn’t require every researcher to be a computer scientist? | Unsplash/Markus Spiske

Jun 26, 2019

A new, more user-friendly language for programming supercomputers

Computation & Data

Zac Manchester has long sought to send tiny satellites into space. With NASA, he recently put 105 of them into orbit. | Image courtesy of Linda Cicero

Jun 20, 2019

Researchers bust cost barriers by putting $100 satellites into orbit

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics