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Christina Tynan-Wood
Articles by Christina
Medicine
By Christina Tynan-Wood
A World-Changing Idea Is About to Get $100 Million
The MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change contest is offering a nine-figure grant for a plan to solve a major world problem.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Space & Innovation
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Microsoft Wants a Digital Geneva Convention for Cyberwarfare
The software giant is calling for a treaty to outline protections for civilians and companies from government-sponsored hacking.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Animals
By Christina Tynan-Wood
The Mystery of African Desert 'Fairy Circles' Might Have Just Been Solved
A new theory helps explain the cause of the odd patterns in the Namibian desert — and can even help predict them.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Earth & Conservation
By Christina Tynan-Wood
How to Take a Three-Month Round-the-World Vacation for (Almost) Free
A travel hacker just flew business class around the globe — on the cheap. Here's how he did it.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Energy
By Christina Tynan-Wood
An Indian Factory Is Converting CO2 From a Coal Plant Into Baking Soda
A thermal power station on the Bay of Bengal in southern India has found a way to make carbon capture profitable.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Materials
By Christina Tynan-Wood
3D-Printed Future Human Shows How Our Joints Will Evolve
Computer models that predict how the human skeleton will evolve are being used to print troublesome joints that will likely cause us pain.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Archaeology
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Forget the Shovel, Ancient Finds Now Made From Space
Archaeology now has much better tools than lucky amateurs with shovels.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Gadgets
By Christina Tynan-Wood
This Artificial Leaf Uses Sunlight to Make Drugs
The tiny solar factory concentrates sunlight onto molecules, generating the chemical reactions needed to make medicine.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Space & Innovation
By Christina Tynan-Wood
New NASA Satellite Tool Watches Ice Flow in Near Real Time
A new $1 million system called GoLIVE allows scientists to track the movement of glaciers and ice sheets and predict future sea-level rise.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Medicine
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Nonaddictive Opioid Alternatives Could Come From Chili Peppers
Capsaicin, the active component in chili peppers, shows promise for relieving the sort of nerve pain that leads sufferers directly to prescription painkillers.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Earth & Conservation
By Christina Tynan-Wood
A Potential Global Warming Solution Might Also Block Starlight
Injecting aerosols into the atmosphere to fight climate change would also make it hard for much of the world to see stars in the night sky.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Space & Innovation
By Christina Tynan-Wood
Climate Scientists Scramble to Backup Data Before Trump Takes Charge
Concerns over the incoming Trump administration's denials of climate change are prompting scientists to preserve data they fear may disappear.
By Christina Tynan-Wood
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