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		<title>Beth Shapiro Answers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First, can we create Jurassic Park? From the perspective of a scientist working on ancient DNA, the answer is definitely no. Theoretical predictions based on the biochemistry of DNA predict that DNA fragments will only survive in ancient remains for around 100,000 years. But this doesn&#8217;t mean whole chromosomes, or even whole genes, but tiny, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/innovations/2008/01/22/beth-shapiro-answers/</link>
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		<title>Beth Shapiro Asks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can we create Jurassic Park?]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/innovations/2008/01/22/beth-shapiro-asks/</link>
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		<title>Beth Shapiro: January 21-27</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our next innovator is Beth Shapiro, a biologist at Penn State.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/innovations/2008/01/22/beth-shapiro-january-21-27/</link>
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		<title>Michael Wong Answers:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I see it, the biggest environmental problem is contaminated drinking water. Solving this problem economically would have the greatest impact on the individuals and for our society. I emphasize economics because there are technologies out there now that can clean up water, but they cost a lot more than what people are willing to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/innovations/2008/01/14/michael-wong-answers/</link>
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		<title>Michael Wong Asks:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you could solve one environmental problem now, what would that be and why?]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/innovations/2008/01/14/michael-wong-asks/</link>
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		<title>Michael Wong: January 14-20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our next innovator is Michael Wong, a tenured professor of chemical engineering at Rice University. Learn more about Michael.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/innovations/2008/01/14/michael-wong-january-14-20/</link>
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		<title>Kevin Kruse Answers:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Franklin D. Roosevelt. He led the country through two major crises, the Great Depression and World War II, and in so doing thoroughly revolutionized America&#8217;s sense of itself, its purpose and its place in the world. FDR&#8217;s New Deal not only introduced the welfare state to America and radically changed the scope of government; it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/innovations/2008/01/07/kevin-kruse-answers/</link>
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		<title>Kevin Kruse Asks:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who was the most influential American of the 20th century?]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/innovations/2008/01/07/kevin-kruse-asks/</link>
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		<title>Kevin Kruse: January 7—13</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our next innovator is Kevin Kruse, an associate professor of history at Princeton University. Learn more about Kevin.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/innovations/2008/01/07/kevin-kruse-january-7%e2%80%9413/</link>
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		<title>Aaron O&#8217;Dea Asks:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What can the arts learn from the sciences and visa versa in today&#8217;s world?]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/innovations/2008/01/02/aaron-odea-asks/</link>
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