Erika Beras
Stories
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Amateur art detectives used modern tools and the law to return stolen artifacts
Thirty years ago, two copper gilded Bhairav masks were stolen from a temple in Nepal. The mask's owners thought they were gone for good – but they ended up in two American museums.
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National
The moment the steel industry changed in the U.S.
Last year U.S. Steel announced it would be sold to Nippon Steel, a Japanese steel company. U.S. Steel's journey from its perch as the biggest company in the country to this moment started decades ago.
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World
A Uruguayan physicist cracked a major code for renewable energy
In an unlikely country, Uruguay, a particle physicist figured out how to convert energy grids to renewable energy. We tell the story of how he did it.
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National
Big ports are congested, so smaller ports are ramping up their operations
The Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are the point of entry for more than a third of the goods imported into the U.S. Since they're backed up, smaller ports are helping relieve some of the congestion.