Using nature to grow batteries – Angela Belcher
Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting fo...
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Energy from floating algae pods – Jonathan Trent
Call it “fuel without fossils”: Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floati...
Experiments that hint of longer lives – Cynthia Kenyon
What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C....
A father-daughter dance … in prison – Angela Patton
At Camp Diva, Angela Patton works to help girls and fathers stay connected and in each others’ lives. But what about girls who...
AIU Graduation Ceremony 2019
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Where is home? – Pico Iyer
More and more people worldwide are living in countries not considered their own. Writer Pico Iyer — who himself has three or f...
The dance of the dung beetle – Marcus Byrne
A dung beetle has a brain the size of a grain of rice, and yet shows a tremendous amount of intelligence when it comes to rolling it...
Mental health for all by involving all – Vikram Patel
Nearly 450 million people are affected by mental illness worldwide. In wealthy nations, just half receive appropriate care, but in d...
Could the sun be good for your heart? – Richard Weller
Our bodies get Vitamin D from the sun, but as dermatologist Richard Weller suggests, sunlight may confer another surprising benefit...
A child of the state – Lemn Sissay
Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry...