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Urban Landscapes in the 21st Century – Part 1: The Evolution of Cities

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In 1800, 2% of us lived in cities. By 1950 that number had grown to 30%. In 2007 we surpassed 50% and forecasts for...

Mining – Part 2: Extraction Technology and Techniques in the 21st Century

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What do we mine? In our last blog focused on exploration we talked about metallic and rare earth minerals. We didn't focus on coal,...

Mining – Part 1: Exploring for the Mother Lode in the 21st Century

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Every cellphone uses 42 different minerals in the manufacturing process. This includes bauxite, beryllium, copper, gold, iron, limestone, silica, silver, talc, wollastonite and many...

Biomedicine – Part 11: Curing in the 21st Century – Influenza and the Common Cold

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In this blog we look at potential 21st century cures for two diseases that have plagued humanity each creating an unwarranted burden on society...

Biomedicine – Part 11: Curing Technologies in the 21st Century – Overcoming Addiction

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Is drug addiction a disease? It may start with a voluntary sampling of a cigarette, an amphetamine, a stimulant, a depressant....but what eventually happens...

Biomedicine – Part 11: Curing Technologies in the 21st Century – Ending Obesity

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Our image of wellness and health has changed in the last two centuries. In the late 19th and early 20th century the healthy and...

Biomedicine – Part 11: Curing Technologies in the 21st Century Continued – Ending Heartache

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Of all the topics I have written about to-date, this one strikes closest to home. My daughter was born with congenital heart disease 27...

Biomedicine – Part 11: Curing Technologies in the 21st Century Continued – Finding Cures to Stop the Body Attacking Itself

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Not too many people realize that many forms of diabetes are caused by our immune system going haywire. Normally, the immune system is our...

Biomedicine – Part 11: Curing Technologies in the 21st Century Continued – Curing Cancer

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Some Basic Facts About Cancer When the genes in normal (somatic) cells mutate cell behaviour may change over time leading to cancer. Mutations are a...

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