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Month: April 2007

April 2007 / Society

It’s a Dog’s Life

April 12, 2007March 5, 2021 - by Alison Gillmor

They’re not just pets anymore—they’re teachers, preachers, shrinks, and philosophers

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April 2007 / Fiction

All the Rage

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Andrew Clark 

int. the conference room of pharmaceutical conglomerate axxochem — morning. Chemist Andrew Clark, forty, stands before the Axxochem board, wearing a wrinkled, blue pinstriped suit. He taps nervously on his …

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April 2007 / Environment

Better Red, Then Dead

April 12, 2007July 17, 2019 - by Joshua Knelman

Can a plan to divert the Red Sea save the Dead — and offer new hope for peace?

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April 2007 / Education

Cubic Connection

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Siobhan Roberts

A reclusive amateur geometer who hates numbers receives a visitor

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April 2007

Lords of the Lobby

April 12, 2007July 5, 2017 - by Margo Pfeiff

What does it take to join the hotel
industry’s elite?

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April 2007

Monumental Vibrations

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Ryan Knighton

A blind man listens to the world’s longest song

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April 2007 / Environment

Tree of Life

April 12, 2007July 17, 2019 - by Ken Alexander

Opinion and commentary

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April 2007 / Technology

The Perfect Seat

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Julia Dault

A short course on sitting down

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Illustration by Sam Weber
April 2007 / Books

God’s Slow Death

April 12, 2007April 15, 2020 - by Daniel Baird

Three atheists argue for reason in the face of faith

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April 2007 / Fiction

The Man on the Island

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Wayne Grady

The taxi from the airport to Bridgetown took forty minutes. Stepping out of the terminal into the hot, humid air had been like walking into a sauna; he felt claustrophobic …

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