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Environment

Haikus Are A Creative Alternative To Reading This 2,000-Page Report

Oceanographer and artist Dr. Gregory Johnson is translating critical facts about climate change into a language that's interesting and visually appealing to everyone: haikus. ...

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Environment

China building fourth Antarctic base to enhance research into climate change, other topics

Growing scientific power China has begun constructing its fourth Antarctic research base to enhance studies into climate change and other fields, state media reported Thursday...

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Sustainable Development

Amazon condom factory: A sustainable way to profit from Brazil's forests

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, in Brazil‘s far western region, tappers walk the forest trails, harvesting liquid latex from the trunks of the bountiful native ...

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Health

Caribbean Travellers Warned About Mosquito-Borne Illness

Travellers to the island of St. Martin are being warned that, for the first time, a mosquito-borne illness called chikungunya has been detected there. Read more here

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Health

More than a million signed up for health insurance, says Obama

More than a million people have now managed to sign up for health insurance on the state and federal websites — more than 500,000 on the federal HealthCare.gov website s...

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Sustainable Development

Bangalore needs Rs 80,000 crore over 5 years to sustain itself: State urban development secretary

Bangalore city needs at least Rs 80,000 crore over the next five years to be sustainable. It needs this much for infrastructure, road development, drainage and several develop...

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Environment

2013 in review: Obama talks climate change ? but pushes fracking

Global warming stopped being political poison, but the fracking and coal export boom continued, says Suzanne Goldenberg. Read more

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Health

Organic whole milk provides best heart-health benefits, study says

Scientists who looked at hundreds of samples found that organic whole milk offered more of the fatty acids good for the heart than conventional milk. Click here

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Health

Way to identify ‘drug resistant’ malaria-causing parasites discovered

An international team of researchers has discovered a way to identify, at a molecular level, malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasites that are resistant to artemisinin,...

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Environment

96 percent of network nightly news coverage of extreme weather doesn't mention climate change

2013 was?a big year for climate. Global carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit?400 parts per million?for the first time in recorded history; global sea levels?hit a recor...

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GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: USHA UTHUP - THE QUEEN OF POP

Celebrating Usha Uthup’s five-decade journey as a musical trailblazer, cultural am...

November 21 2024