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The Future of Malawi

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President Joyce Banda has a strong vision of the future In 2009, Joyce Banda was elected Malawi’s first female vice president, but only months later she found her job in jeopardy when she refused to back the nomination of President Bingu Wa Mutharika’s brother Peter as successor of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Mutharika fired her as vice president of the DPP … [Read more...] about The Future of Malawi

Hive Mind

May 8, 2019 by Leslie Prives

Creating A Science-Driven Solution To Improve The Yield Of Commercial Beekeeping We typically think of the phrase “ripped from the headlines” when referring to movies or books, but for Dr. Fiona Edwards Murphy, the news of the moment ended up informing her Ph.D. research and, ultimately, a business. “During university, I got involved with the embedded systems network … [Read more...] about Hive Mind

Stories of Jane Goodall and the African Wilderness

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After one book coauthored with Dr. Jane Goodall and four books about her—including a biography that is more than 750 pages—it may seem as if author Dale Peterson has covered all there is to know about the world of Goodall. However, his latest book, The Ghosts of Gombe: A True Story of Love and Death in an African Wilderness, returns to one of his favorite subjects in a more … [Read more...] about Stories of Jane Goodall and the African Wilderness

Engineering the Magic

May 30, 2008 by Heather Wax

Meet Lucky-the first Audio-Animatronic figure to walk freely through a theme park. When the Enchanted Tiki Room opened at Disney-land in Anaheim, Calif., in 1963, it was, by all accounts, thrilling. Inside were dozens of talking flowers, totem poles, and birds-colorful macaws, toucans, and cockatoos-and together they per-formed a musical show by dancing and singing along to … [Read more...] about Engineering the Magic

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Engineering the Magic

When the Enchanted Tiki Room opened at Disney-land in Anaheim, Calif., in 1963, it was, by all accounts, thrilling. Inside were dozens of talking flowers, totem poles, and birds-colorful macaws, toucans, and cockatoos-and together they per-formed a musical show by dancing and singing along to tunes like the “Hawaiian War Chant.” Huge crowds visited the attraction, excited to get a look at these early Audio-Animatronics-“audio” meaning that sound triggered a series of mechanisms, like cams and levers, that caused a pneumatic valve to open and close, moving an eye, a beak, or part of the body in time with the music. People loved them.

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