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11.22.09

Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science Today

Meet PopSci's annual Brilliant 10--a selection of the brightest young researchers in the country. They're helping to keep us healthy, prevent disasters, and make green energy cheaper than coal. Lucky for us, our future is in their capable hands

Posted 10.19.2009 at 3:30 pm 6 Comments

Three of the Brilliant Ten: John B. Carnett

We have a credo around here: The future will be better. It may sound optimistic in light of our wheezing environment and limping economy, but then you haven’t met the Brilliant 10, PopSci’s annual selection of the nation’s most promising young researchers.

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Our Questions (and One Answer)

By Mike Haney Posted 11.18.2005 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

Unfortunately, we have thus far received an answer to only one of the questions we posed to try out these sites. Some, such as Go Ask Alice, answer just two or three a week, so it can take a while to get around to your question, while Ask a Chef has a limited team of experts who are also working professionals. More-general sites such as Google Answers can present a different challenge: Your question may simply get lost among all the others.

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