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Zhao Bowen of Quantihealth works in his lab on Tuesday, 4th August 2015 in Beijing, China. Beijing’s Test Tube Baby
Zhao Bowen dropped out of high school, shunned state-run academies, and launched a gene-mapping start-up. Why the boy who once broke all the rules could be the man to lead a new generation of Chinese scientists.
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The reconstructed remains of Pan Am flight 103 lie in a warehouse on January 15, 2008 in Farnborough, England. The Air Accident Investigation Branch have housed the remains of the Boeing 747 for the past 19 years. 20 years ago a terrorist bomb exploded on-board destroying the aircraft over the Scottish town of Lockerbie killing 270 people including 11 people on the ground. Longform’s Picks of the Week
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Pilgrims in Mecca on Sept. 20. Who Decides Who Gets to Go on the Hajj?
The world's 1.6 billion Muslims all are trying to make it to Mecca at least once in their lifetimes. Here's how Saudi Arabia controls the flow of pilgrims.
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Westgate_Cover1 ‘Close Your Eyes and Pretend to Be Dead’
What really happened two years ago in the bloody attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall.
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A police officer restrains a man (C) arrested during an anti-parallel trading protest in the Yuen Long district of Hong Kong on March 1, 2015. Scuffles broke out on March 1 between protesters demonstrating against so-called parallel traders, who buy products in Hong Kong and sell them back on the mainland for a profit, and anti-protesters. AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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Disputed region of AbkhaziaPitsunda2 The Mind-Bending Bus Stops of the Former Soviet Union
When public transportation became an outlet for radical creative expression.
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Brain2 This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain as a Weapon.
Cutting-edge brain technologies can erase traumatic memories and read people’s thoughts. They could also become the 21st century’s most dangerous weapons.
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Lunch at Kyiv Police Academy Longform’s Picks of the Week
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Cadets pose for pictures in their new uniforms and gear. The Cops Who Would Save a Country
Two thousand young men and women, equipped with 10 weeks of training, have been sent into the streets of Kiev to convince Ukrainians that the days of a corrupt and brutal militsiya are over. Can 'my new police' rescue a faltering revolution?
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405845 02: (LtoR) First lady Laura Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President George W. Bush and Lyudmila Putin, the Russian president''s wife, stand outside the Russian Museum during a farewell ceremony May 26, 2002 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Bush''s left soon after for a two-day visit to France. (Photo by Konstantin Zavrazin/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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(GERMANY OUT) Changchun, capital of Manchukuo, Manchuria: bystanders waving with Japanese flags in front of Changchun station- undated (1930-1933)- Photographer: Photothek, Willy Roemer (Photo by bpk/Willy Römer/ullstein bild via Getty Images) Welcome to the Most Japanese City in China
From its fascist architecture to the 'Puppet Emperor Palace', relics of the occupation linger in the former Manchurian capital.
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GettyImages-142013576pushkincrop The Rise of Bulgakov Diplomacy
The Kremlin is backing an ambitious effort to make the B-sides of the Russian literary canon more accessible to a global audience. Is it a boon for cultural understanding — or propaganda?
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN FRENCH BY NICOLAS CHEVIRON - Archaeologists use wheel barrows in a massive archaeological dig in Istanbul, on April 21, 2008. Archaeologists have exhumed in the ancient port of Byzantin 31 seagoing vessles that constitute, according to the researchers, the larget medieval fleet ever unearthed. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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William_Orpen_-_The_Signing_of_Peace_in_the_Hall_of_Mirrors,_Versailles The 5 Worst Treaties the United States Ever Signed
Sorry, Bill Kristol. The Iran deal isn’t one of them.
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DUMA,WEST BANK - JULY 31: Family members and relatives of 18 month old baby, Ali Saad-Dawabsheh, view the remains of their house after a fire which was suspected to have been set by Jewish extremists on July 31, 2015 in the Palestinian village of Duma, West Bank. A house fire in the Palestinian village of Duma, West Bank, suspected to have been set by Jewish extremists, killed an 18-month-old Palestinian child, injured both parents and a four year old brother. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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