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The Honor Code
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26 Oct 12
If we change the way we think about honor, could we make the world a better place? Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah proves we can.
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Heart Stop Beating
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26 Oct 12
In March 2011 two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute successfully replaced a dying man's heart with a "continuous flow" device.
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Hilary's Straws
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19 Oct 12
A moving portrait of Hilary Lister, a quadriplegic champion sailor.
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Good Bread
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19 Oct 12
Bread can be considered many things: warm; delicious; sustaining. It’s also slang for money.
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The Bionic Eye
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12 Oct 12
Dr Joseph Rizzo and Prof John Wyatt have pioneered a technology for restoring sight to patients who suffer from degenerative blindness.
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Newtown Creek Digester Eggs: The Art of Human Waste
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12 Oct 12
An unusual marriage of form and function energises the jaw-droppingly beautiful Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn, New York.
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Remote Area Medical
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5 Oct 12
Remote Area Medical, the pioneers of “no-cost” health care clinics, treated nearly 2 000 patients in just three days.
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The Invisible Bicycle Helmet
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5 Oct 12
Fredrik Gertten profiles two idealistic young female entrepreneurs who created a revolutionary 21st century design object.
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The Landfill
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1 Oct 12
Trash becomes energy at a small New York landfill where people are thinking differently about garbage.
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Meet Mr Toilet
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1 Oct 12
For those without access to a simple toilet, poop can be poison...
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Urbanized trailer
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12 Feb 12
"Urbanized" is the much-anticipated final instalment of the Gary Hustwit design film trilogy.
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Vigilante Vigilante Trailer
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6 Feb 12
Vigilantes take to the street to rid the world of graffiti.
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Dive! trailer
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13 Jan 12
Living off America's waste.
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