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'The Next List': An archive of fascinating people
Every Sunday at 2 p.m. ET the CNN show 'The Next List' profiles a person with a new idea that could change the world. Here's a list of all of the innovators the show has featured since it started in...
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The 18-year-old who built a nuclear reactor
Editor's note: Taylor Wilson is the subject of CNN's "The Next List" on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. By The Next List Staff, CNN (CNN) - At 18, Taylor Wilson has probably accomplished more than most people...
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Taylor Wilson, nuclear prodigy
Editor's note: Taylor Wilson was the subject of CNN's "The Next List," airing Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. By The Next List Staff, CNN (CNN) - Taylor Wilson is an applied nuclear physicist. He is also 18. A...
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In Philly, high school students learn by doing
Editor's note: Simon Hauger started Philadelphia's "Sustainability Workshop," a program for inner-city high school seniors that's organized around projects rather than traditional curriculum. Students...
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Inside Philadelphia's energy innovation hub
By Heather M. Higgins, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) – There's a monstrous industrial eyesore that sits ominously along Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront. However, behind the cobalt blue gates at the...
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Why teachers should put students to work
Editor's note: Simon Hauger started Philadelphia's "Sustainability Workshop," a program for inner-city high school seniors that's organized around projects rather than traditional curriculum. Students...
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Q&A: Innovation through the eyes of a former intern
By Heather M. Higgins, CNN New York (CNN) – Daylight pours in a large northern exposed window and bounces off the grape-colored walls of a 13’ x 10’ office that is part of the 5500 square foot arts and...
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Nalini Nadkarni: The tree-climbing scientist who brings plants to prison
By The Next List Staff, CNN (CNN) - Nalini Nadkarni is a pioneer in tree canopy research and co-founder of the Sustainability in Prisons Project, which aims to teach inmates about ecology. Watch a...
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DIY Africa: Empowering a new Sierra Leone
Editor's note: David Sengeh is a doctoral student working at MIT’s Media Lab. By David Sengeh, Special to CNN (CNN) - When Kelvin Doe, a then-13-year-old from Sierra Leone, saw that off-the-shelf...
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Lino’s Lesson
Editor's Note: Jim McKelvey is an engineer, entrepreneur, artist, environmentalist, co-Founder of Square and Third Degree Glass Factory and general partner of Cultivation Capital. He is a man who...
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Greg Gage: Let's start a neuro-revolution
Editor's Note: Greg Gage is a globe-trekking neuroscientist, engineer, teacher and entrepreneur. He's the co-founder of Backyard Brains, a Michigan-based company that wants to revolutionize how science...
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Insane Membranes
Written By Heather M. Higgins, CNN Video Edited By Nina Raja, CNN A video of rainbow-pigmented cells opening and closing to the deep bass beats of an iconic 1990s rap hit has 2.1 million views on...
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Making mind-controlled exoskeletons a reality
Miguel Nicolelis is a professor of neurobiology at Duke University. For more on Nicolelis and his work, watch "The Next List" this Sunday at 2:30 pm ET on CNN. Dr. Miguel Nicolelis: “In our lifetime,...
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Testing touchscreen tables in classrooms
By Heather Kelly, CNN Forget tiny iPads - the classrooms of the future might turn entire tables into interactive touchscreens. Given that many children can sit rapturously before a glowing touchscreen...
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Addressing tough poverty problems with innovation and design
Editor's Note: Jim Patell's full 30-minute profile will air on CNN's "The Next List" Saturday, May 18th, at 2:30 P.M. ET. Few people in our lives are as influential or important as teachers. The truly...
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Stanford's unique approach to teaching problem solving
Editor's Note: Jim Patell's full 30-minute profile will air on CNN's "The Next List" Saturday, May 18th, at 2:30 P.M. ET. By James M. Patell, Special to CNN Last week, at the invitation of my niece...
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Creating a school for autistic adults, one student at a time
Editors Note: Dan Selec is the founder and CEO of the nonPareil Institute, a hybrid software company and school located in Plano, Texas that teaches adults on the autism spectrum to write and develop...
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The $65 DIY robot that moves like a bug
By Heather Kelly, CNN For a tiny bug-shaped robot made of cardboard and plastic, Dash is surprisingly advanced. The new $65 DIY programmable robot is built for tinkering. It comes with a gyroscope,...
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