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Why We Will Need Genetically Modified Foods

January 2014

Climate change will make it increasingly difficult to feed the world. Biotech crops will have an essential role in ensuring that there’s enough to eat.

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Letter from the editor

GMOs Are Green

Features

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Thinking in Silicon
Microchips modeled on the brain may excel at tasks that baffle today’s computers.
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The Continuous Productivity of Aaron Levie
The CEO of Box is building an online file storage system designed to reshape industries.

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