Mr. EISENSTEIN: One of the more interesting experiments they did recently involved the Fusion, one of their recent and rare hits.

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In my mind, the more interesting experiments in online education are coming from platforms that are not tied to traditional institutions.

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The equally ambitious Zigzag restaurant helmed by Swiss-born chef, Michel Hediger juxtaposes traditional alpaca steaks cooked on hot stones with interesting experiments in Peruvian-Italian fusion food, most notably gnocchi made with quinoa, a rice-like grain grown in the Andes that was once the sacred food of the Incas.

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The U.S., meanwhile, still leads the world when it comes to transforming interesting science experiments into a sparkling new products.

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Experiments are very often interesting and idea-provoking and probably require no further justification.

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Over a decade ago he helped pioneer the idea of the cube-sat satellite that is a small self contained box that could ride with other such boxes in the payload of a rocket where it could conduct low gravity experiments, biological experiments of do other interesting activities when released into space.

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Economists' initial excitement at being able to enliven their seminars with pictures of parts of the brain lighting up in response to different experiments (so much more interesting than the usual equations) has led to a recognition of the limits of MRIs.

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