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This Week in the Future, February 15-19, 2010

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Campbell’s soup sure tastes good–but I’m not sure just seeing a can of the stuff would get me all tingly. That’s probably what their neuromarketing test subjects thought, too. Plus: a “bush blitz” to seek out undiscovered species in the outback, volcanoes-as nuclear waste dumpsters, and of course, a ping-pong-playing Terminator. All this week in the future.

Some of our favorite stories this week:

Can We Dispose of Radioactive Waste in Volcanoes?

Major Australian “Bush Blitz” Initiative To Search Continent For Undiscovered Species

Campbell’s Uses Neuromarketing To Design New Soup Can Labels

A Ping-Pong-Playing Terminator

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