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1. Consumed
Smart Car Goes 'Against Dumb'
Can a new viral campaign from smart USA, maker of the miniature smart car, get Americans to rethink consumerism?
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2. Tree Tech
The Microchip That May Save the Amazon
A pilot project in Brazil that uses microchips could be the key to eliminating illegal deforestation.
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3. School Daze
The School Where Kids Are in Charge
At the Manhattan Free School, students do what they want. Tests are optional and grades are nonexistent, but what are they learning?
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4. Honor
Nobel Awarded for In Vitro Fertilization
To "father of the test tube baby."
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5. MP3 Money
The Spotify Solution
Daniel Ek created a profitable resolution to the music industry’s gaping piracy problem, so why are American music executives against it?