News pool from August 6, 2012
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[via Economist]: Corn on the Cusp [via NPR]: The Miracle of the felt-tipped pen [via NPR]: Massive Ice Melt [via Wired UK]: Yellow River [via Wired UK]: Cheetah Record [via Wired UK]: Kickstarter Goes Brickstarter [via Wired UK]: News On Malaria [via Personal Democracy]: Ushahidi and the Long Tail of Mapping for Social Change [via [...]