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Chapter one
Miniature
Culture | Linguistics
Cracking Avatar’s Language Codes
A fictional language makes the jump to reality.
Culture | Health
Does Aging Have a Reset Button?
A Stanford researcher’s new take on stem cells.
Chapter two
Recovery
Culture | History
The Last Love of Jonas Salk
The unusual union of a renowned artist and the discoverer of the Polio vaccine.
Matter | Earth Science
The Last Drop of Water in Broken Hill
In the Australian outback, the future of drought has come early.
Biology | Environment
How the Elwha River Was Saved
The inside story of the largest dam removal project in US history.
Chapter three
Manufactured
Numbers | Artificial Intelligence
Waiting For the Robot Rembrandt
What needs to happen for artificial intelligence to make fine art.
Culture | Anthropology
How We Make Gods
Taking lessons from the rise and fall of divinity in online games.
Biology | Genetics
Why Your Roses Smell Nice
Hint—it’s mostly coincidence.
Chapter four
Found
Numbers | Economics
Why New York City Needs Its Own Cryptocurrency
The case for making money local again.
Culture | Neuroscience
When You Listen to Music, You’re Never Alone
Technology hasn’t diminished the social quality of listening to music.
Culture | Archaeology
The City at the Center of the Cosmos
Robots and lasers are uncovering an ancient, sacred geography.
Related Facts So Romantic
“Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.” —Jules Verne
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