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Alien planet's mysterious blue color leaves scientists wondering

The Hubble Space Telescope helped scientists to identify the blue color of an exoplanet, giving researchers another piece in their understanding of the distant world. The alien planet has fierce winds and high temperatures, which turn rain into glass.
Change Agent If sci-fi spurs technology, can 'social fiction' spark change?

If more movies, TV series, and other media were created to help people envision better future societies, 'I bet we’ll create the societies,' says Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Prize-winning founder of the microcredit movement.
New world requires new strategies

Democracy and digitalization make urgent demands. How, and how fast, can the US adjust?
How a solar flare could send us back to the Stone Age

A powerful enough solar flare could knock out our power grids, disrupt our GPS satellites, and bring the global economy to a halt, warns a British scientists.
Opinion Warm spring weather and global warming: If only scientists could be so persuasive

Warm spring weather can help convince Americans that global warming is happening and a problem. But scientists must change the way they talk about this subject. They must leave their ivory towers and learn to speak about climate change in a language that people understand.
Global News Blog US program puts Indonesians in Yankee Stadium

The US Embassy in Jakarta has helped launch a program that uses technology to bring Indonesian children to America and elsewhere in the world – without ever leaving the country.
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