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The Buddhist Monk Who Uses Space To Teach Spirituality

In a pitch black room, Ryo Kasuga talk?s space as a simulated solar system rotates above my head. Kasuga, however, is no astronomer. He?s a Buddhist monk intent on using th...

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Royalty Join Forces With Shakira, Messi To Promote U.N. Global Goals

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations on Tuesday enlisted a high-profile roster of royalty, entertainers and business leaders to promote its glob...

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Sustainable Development

This Japanese Band Makes Music With E-Waste

Open Reel Ensemble love producing weird sounds from obsolete tech?the more warped the better. The Japanese musicians connect old tape recorders, television sets, and ventil...

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A Brief History Of Cryosleep

Earlier this month, 15 top European scientists, who study a variety of medical disciplines, met at the behest of the European Space Agency to discuss how they might solve t...

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Gender

Owning Property Empowers Women In Unique Ways”: An Interview With Bina Agarwal

Bina Agarwal is a Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the University of Manchester, UK. Prior to this, she was the Director and Professor of Economics at ...

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That 'Alien Megastructures' Star Continues to Defy Explanation

Indeed, as astronomers have emphasized from the beginning, KIC 8462852?s odd behavior is much more likely to be caused by natural phenomenon than massive alien construction...

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Sustainable Development

Humans Were Living In The Arctic 15,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought

Around 26,000 years ago, the ice sheets comprising the Earth?s arctic regions reached their maximum extension, reaching as far south as Germany. This period is appropriatel...

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Netflix Is Cracking Down On Proxies That Get Around Geographic Restrictions

The company said Thursday morning that, in the coming weeks, customers will no longer be able to use ?proxies or ?unblockers?? to access content that?s not licensed to be s...

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Environment

Global Warming Could Delay The Next Ice Age By 100,000 Years

In a study published this Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research make clear that anthropogenic carbon emissions...

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Sustainable Development

Zen And The Art Of Dying Well

What is the ?right? way to die? We?re experiencing a zeitgeist moment about that. ?Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,? by Atul Gawande, is a best-selling b...

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