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Formula for the Future

By Robert McGarvey
ExxonMobil’s Mike Dolan on why it doesn’t get any more exciting than working with chemicals. Plus: Boeing’s Mike Bair on aviation’s next great innovation, the 787 Dreamliner; and Nick Park on making animated films without computers.

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• IDEA MAKERS
• IDEA OF THE MOMENT
• MONEY SPOT
• IDEAS AT WORK
• IN TOUCH

• BEEN THERE
• THE LIST
• GO EXPLORE
      AROUND THE WORLD
      IN THE HUBS
• FIT TO TRAVEL

• GO GADGETS
      ON THE ROAD
      AT HOME
• GO EAT
• GO DRINK
• GO IN STYLE
• GO CULTURE

• CONTINENTAL NOTEBOOK
• CONTINENTAL'S VIEW
• CONTINENTAL CROSSWORD

Seeing Stars

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Close Encounters

Dr. Dolittle meets Charles Darwin as our writer pulls up a front-row seat to the evolutionary wonder of the Galápagos Islands. Travel along as she gets up-close-and-personal with the animals that inhabit this exciting region. Read more >