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Challenging Cultural Norms Is The First Step Towards Gender Parity In India

Hailing from India and currently attending a nine month program in the US, I am struck by the differences and similarities between the women in the two countries and what t...

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Sustainable Development

What Happened To Bill Gates Feces Water Machine.

Here’s an update to the machine that turns feces into water. Remember that time Bill Gates took a swig from a seemingly normal glass of water, but it turned out to be...

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Gender

How Can We Empower Women Entrepreneurs Around The World?

Since childhood, Gircilene Gilca de Castro dreamed of owning her own business, but struggled to get it off the ground. Her fledgling food service company in Brazil had only...

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Gour Hari Das: Gour Hari Dastaan Isn’t Important for Me, It’s Important For The New Generation

It takes patience and perseverance of unimaginable levels to come even somewhat close to what Gour Hari Das has accomplished. For the uninitiated, he fought a silent war fo...

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Health

How Real-Time Data Can Help Fight Cancer

In the battle against cancer, which kills nearly 8 million people worldwide each year, doctors have in their arsenal many powerful weapons, including various forms of chemo...

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Sustainable Development

Paging Dr. Watson: IBM Supercomputer Gains Access To 30 Billion Medical Images

IBM’s Watson supercomputer (and “Jeopardy!” winner) will be processing a lot of broken limbs and tumors in its ultimate quest for sentience. The company a...

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Gender

Party Girls And Too Much Sex: Why Some Indian Men Seek Divorce

India still has one of the lowest divorce rates in the world, but marriage breakdowns are becoming more common. Experts say most cases of divorce in India are filed on the ...

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Jon Stewart’s Seven Most Serious Moments On “The Daily Show”

With Jon Stewart’s final episode as host of The Daily Show airing today (Aug. 6), you’re likely to find several lists of his “best” or “funnie...

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Gender

‘Ant Man’ Star Evangeline Lilly On How The Latest Marvel Film ‘Does Right’ By Women

Perhaps the best part of Ant-Man came after the film’s final scenes. In a post-credits scene (spoilers ahead!) we see Evangline Lilly’s Hope Van Dyneeyeing a su...

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Hollywood

Gwyneth Paltrow Addresses Congress On GMO Labeling On Foods

Gwyneth Paltrow joined her mother, Blythe Danner, at Capitol Hill this week to campaign against a bill allowing states to pass individual laws regarding GMO labeling on foo...

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