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Mapping the Unmapped for Ebola

Making maps is crucial to halting the spread of the deadly disease.
Alice Bell
2 min read

Identifying Birdsong With An App

A not-so-silent spring?
Alice Bell
3 min read

Making the “Sound” Episode of How We Got To Now

The sixth episode of How We Got To Now is all about sound. We asked Steven Johnson for some behind-the-scenes stories....
Matt Locke
2 min read
A promotional picture of Hedy Lamarr

Happy 100th, Hedy Lamarr!

The Hollywood actress was also one of the key inventors of the technology that became wifi
Alice Bell
2 min read

Mapping the Ebola Outbreak Outside a London Pub

The techniques used today to fight Ebola are the same used in 1858 to stop a London cholera outbreak.
Matt Locke
26 sec read
A radio mic on an outside table

Giving Everyone the Chance to Be Their Own Radio Station

Taking radio back to its roots as the most widespread form of mass media.
Stephen Abbot Pugh
2 min read

Connecting Engineers with Local Community Groups

How UCL's Engineering Exchange helps experts and activists work together for a better world.
Alice Bell
2 min read

Drones Are Tracking the Spread of Malaria

Changes in land use can cause unpredictable changes to how disease spread–until now.
Azeen Ghorayshi
2 min read
Clouds reflected in the windows of an office.

The $25 Chemical Scanner That Runs Off Cell Networks

One smart device that can carry out an extraordinary range of tests.
Charles Q. Choi
1 min read

How 3D-Mapping with Drones Is Changing the Shape of Peruvian Favelas

A new way to use drones for social good.
Alice Bell
2 min read