Specials
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Post oil: Glimpses of life after fossil fuel
Contentious debates about "peak oil" aside, imagining how the world looks post oil is increasingly easy as alternatives to fossil fuel develop rapidly.
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Surging BRIC middle classes are eclipsing global poverty
By 2022, those living in poverty will be a minority for the first time, as the global middle class – particularly from BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) nations – surges. Does new affluence signal shifting global power?
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Five new technologies that will change the world (and win at Jeopardy!)
From the computer that beats humans on "Jeopardy!" to cellphone apps for African pick-and-hoe farmers, to satellites that spy on human rights abusers.
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Celebrating 100 years of Monitor Journalism
A timeless mission. Now, more than ever.
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Africa's AIDS Orphans
An occasional series on two families who reached out.
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Little Bill Clinton
A school year in the life of a new American.
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