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Show me a square mile of reef that has been [successfully] restored. There isn’t one.

Steve Palumbi, professor of oceans, on the limits of conventional reef restoration. His team is testing a low-cost way to identify corals that may tolerate warming waters.

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Research Matters.

The return on government-sponsored science is powerful: Every $1 of NIH-funded research leads to $2.56 in economic activity.

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What I Wish I Knew About Luck

Tina Seelig

Citing real-life anecdotes and behavioral science research, Tina Seelig, executive director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, argues that much of what we call luck is the result of deliberate actions and consistent efforts.

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Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.

Lerone Martin

Stanford’s Lerone A. Martin traces King’s early life from his childhood in Atlanta through his college years at Morehouse and his path to seminary to examine how the civil rights leader’s youth informed his activism.

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Moral Economics

Alvin E. Roth

Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin E. Roth argues that many of society's most contentious debates, including those over abortion, drug legalization, and organ donation, are better understood as market design problems than as ethical standoffs.