Drowning in Plastic
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Since the 1950s, the manufacturing of plastics has grown exponentially because of its variety of uses, s...
Teaming Strategies
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As societies become more interconnected, the set of challenges they face have become increasingly comple...
Flash Sale
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The tradition of massive flash sales at “brick and mortar” retail stores is spreading around the world. ...
Funding Biodiversity Conservation
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Thousands of species of plants and animals face threats that could result in their extinction, while bio...
The Best Summer Job
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Although it's only November, you need to start planning for your 2021 summer job. You have a variety of ...
Bottle Battles
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A number of communities (campuses, towns, cities, etc.) around the world have proposed and enacted plast...
What is the Earth's carrying capacity for human life?
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Identify and analyze the major factors that you consider crucial to limiting the Earth’s carrying capa...
Time to leave the Louvre
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The increasing number of terror attacks in France requires a review of the emergency evacuation plans at...
Universal, Decentralized, Digital Currency: Is it possible?
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Digital currency can be used like traditional currencies to buy and sell goods, except that it is digita...
What is the Cost of Environmental Degradation?
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Economic theory often disregards the impact of its decisions on the biosphere or assumes unlimited resou...
The Opioid Crisis
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The United States is experiencing a national crisis regarding the use of synthetic and non- synthetic op...
Send in the Drones: Developing an Aerial Disaster Relief Response System
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In 2017, the worst hurricane to ever hit the United States territory of Puerto Rico (see Attachment 1) l...
Game of Ecology
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In the fictional television series Game of Thrones, based on the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of...
Roller Coaster
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There are several Roller Coaster rating/ranking sites online that, while taking some objective measures ...
Cozy Smart House
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No one wants to spend more money than necessary on heating and air conditioning. But, everyone wants to ...
The Best Hospital
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Almost everyone will seek health care at some point in life. In an emergency, an individual will most li...
Cost of Privacy
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Pervasiveness of, and reliance on, electronic communication and social media have become widespread. One...
How does climate change influence regional instability?
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The effects of Climate Change, to include increased droughts, shrinking glaciers, changing animal and pl...
Out of Gas and Driving on E (for electric, not empty)
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For both environmental and economic reasons, there is global interest in reducing the use of fossil fuel...
Energy Production
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Energy production and usage are a major portion of any economy. In the United States, many aspects of en...
How Many Languages?
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There are currently about 6,900 languages spoken on Earth. About half the world's population claim one o...
Multi-hop HF Radio Propagation
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On high frequencies (HF, defined to be 3 - 30 MHz), radio waves can travel long distances (from one poin...