Wired UK - 11.2019

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119 on wealth creation,” she says. “We need a progressive narrative that’s not only about spending, but investing in smarter way ...

In March 2018, Mazzucato was contacted by two members of a progressive political movement in the US called Justice Democrats. Sh ...

of how much a policy will cost and how much money it will generate. “That’s why some new drugs are not paid for by the NHS beca ...

Right: Austin and (in white top) Ethan White, with sister Kayla. The boys have the same genetic problem that killed their brothe ...

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IT WAS DECEMBER 12, 2012, AND THE teenager played cards with his mother at their home in Clayton, North Carolina. His girlfriend ...

clinical staff – and Dr Vandana Shashi, principal investigator for the UDN site. Shashi, 60, speaks with a calm and benevolent a ...

Below: UDN principal investigator Dr Vandana Shashi. Right: Allyson and David Teem had no reason to suspect their son Hogan was ...

127 agnosed. Without any reason to suspect otherwise, doctors have to rely on what they know. In many cases, like that of Ethan ...

To date, the UDN has discovered and published papers on two new disease genes, NACC1 and IRF2BPL. After identifying these genes ...

is no closer to understanding her condition. “It’s hard to put into words the frustration at this point,” she says. “It’s very d ...

AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASES ARE common at the UDN, but by far the majority of work at the Duke site – 85 per cent – is focused on disea ...

SHOULD THE ANIMAL TRIALS PROVE fruitful, Dr Landstrom feels confident that the UDN will be able to provide a genetic diagnosis. ...

This is the hidden impact of technology. For decades, David Maisel has photo- graphed places where humans are changing the envir ...

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Maisel spent months planning and securing permission to fly over the copper mining operations. Much of the airspace is controlle ...

135 Chuquicamata, near the city of Calama, is the largest open-pit copper mine in the world. It has been in operation since 1882 ...

Because of the altitude, Maisel had to hire a much larger aircraft than he usually uses for his projects a former medical rescu ...

137 Scientists are scrambling to find a replacement for lithium batteries, which are expected to rise in price as increasing num ...