Articles: Alan Burdick

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The (New) Web of Life
What happens when the dusty files of the nineteenth century meet the bots and algorithms of the twenty-first? Perhaps a revolution in our understanding of the natural world.
Comments (0) | August 26, 2009
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Electric Trees
Don't look now, but there’s a giant rechargeable battery growing on your lawn. It's called a tree.
Comments (0) | May 28, 2009
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A Clean Epidemic
Is littering contagious? That’s the premise behind the Broken Windows Theory.
Comments (0) | May 28, 2009
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The Middle of Nowhere
In a cluster of tents and trailers in the wilds of Alaska, scientists study the not-so-frozen tundra for clues to our future.
Comments (2) | February 27, 2009
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Welcome to My Paperless World
Mr. Uhlik . . . has scanned about 100 of his reference books to try to make his home library digital and searchable. Because he wants to keep the house nearly paper-free, most of his remaining 1,000 books are in a shed. He occasionally pays his children to help scan them.—New York Times, February 10, 2008
Comments (1) | August 28, 2008