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Do the Top Billion Need New Goals?

Do the world's haves need a set of goals to match those established for helping the world's have nots?

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Science and the Dangerous Climate Question

A climate scientist explains why science cannot define how much global warming is too much.

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Is Confidence in Science as a Source of Progress Based on Faith or Fact?

A closer look at humans as a "scientific animal."

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Falling Forward (Without Falling Down)

An adaptive trait in a complicated century: the ability to fall forward without falling down.

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Science, Faith and Progress (With and Without a Capital ‘P’)

A deeper look at the role of science in fostering human progress.

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Humpback Whales Yield Some Sonic Secrets to Science

A reflection on research showing how humpback whales are changing their tune.

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Seeking Happiness on a Finite and Human-Shaped Planet

Bhutan, a tiny Himalayan nation moving from monarchy to democracy, comes to the United Nations to help humanity explore new ways to measure progress.

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Sylvia Earle on Optimism and the Up and Down Sides of Fossil Fuels

A spellbinding conversation on the gifts and wonders in the ocean and the power of conveyed curiosity and excitement.

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Empathy as a Path to Climate (and Energy) Progress

Can the kind of empathy driving a new push on gun control carry over to climate change?

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Advice from Cervantes that Suits 2013 and Beyond: Plunge In

A 405-year-old thought from Cervantes applies in a turbulent era.

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When is a Person Not a Human? When it’s a Dolphin, or Chimp, or…

An exploration of the rights of dolphins and other "nonhuman persons."

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Darren Aronofsky on Floods, Fanaticism, the Big Bang, Warming and More

The director of "Noah" and other films about obsession explores his views of global warming, fanaticism and the uncomfortable intersection of religion and science.

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Pope Francis: ‘We Are Custodians of Creation’

Pope Francis lays out a religious and scientific argument for caring for the planet.

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Tracing the Roots of Pope Francis’s Climate Plans for 2015

A closer look at Pope Francis's planned push on climate change in 2015.

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Why Jeb Bush and Other Republicans Are Wrong to Chide Pope Francis for Taking...

Why Republican presidential hopefuls are wrong to chide Pope Francis for taking a position on global warming policy.

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Scientists Propose a Research Agenda Aimed at Fostering Sustainable Human...

Can a shift in scientific research priorities help produce a good future for humanity?

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A Mindful Path to Environmental Progress in a Noisy Media Environment

A psychiatrist and a journalist talk about communication, the mind and environmental progress.

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Is Confidence in Science as a Source of Progress Based on Faith or Fact?

A closer look at humans as a "scientific animal."

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Falling Forward (Without Falling Down)

An adaptive trait in a complicated century: the ability to fall forward without falling down.

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Science, Faith and Progress (With and Without a Capital ‘P’)

A deeper look at the role of science in fostering human progress.

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