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Sustainable Development

This Bacteria-Powered Microrobot Navigates via Electric Fields

Engineers from Drexel University have devised a bacteria-powered microrobot that can be steered through fluids with applied electric fields. Imagine a tiny, tiny robotic sy...

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Gender

Devangshu Datta: How Not To Fix India's Gender Ratio

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi recently suggested that sex determination during pregnancy be made compulsory; that the gender of the unborn child be reg...

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Sustainable Development

The People Building Elon Musk's Hyperloop

The hyperloop, Elon Musk’s futuristic, tube-based “fifth mode of transportation” has stoked imaginations unlike any recent transportation technology ...

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Human Rights

Why Is Central Africa Missing From So Many Maps? 

You’ve probably had the following experience: You are reading along when a map, shaded in a procession of pastels, interrupts the story. Your eyes travel first to you...

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Sustainable Development

Nuclear Fusion Hit A Massive Milestone In Germany

The Max Planck Institute in Greifswald reached a true milestone in physics and technical engineering today right in front of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s eyes. T...

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Why Maneka Gandhi Should Watch Doordarshan's Tv Series Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon

The serial tackles patriarchy, gender roles and foeticide with some engaging story-telling. Women and child development minister could take a cue from it. The serial tackle...

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Sustainable Development

A New Advocacy Group Is Lobbying For The Right To Repair Everything

Repair groups from across the industry announced that they have formed The RepairCoalition, a lobbying and advocacy group that will focus on reforming the Digital Millenniu...

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Human Rights

Ending Child Marriage

Sharon J.’s marriage at age 14 in Tanzania dashed her hopes for the future: “My dream was to study to be a journalist. Until today, when I watch news or listen ...

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Sustainable Development

Instead Of Killing Mosquitoes, Why Don’t We Edit The Viruses Out Of Them?

In the fight against zika—the mosquito-spread virus recently declared an international public health emergency due to its potential link with a brain deformity in inf...

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Sustainable Development

A Landmark Ruling Allows Gene Editing In Human Embryos

A group led by biologist Kathy Niakan at London’s new Francis Crick Institute plans to use the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technique on human embryos for research purp...

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