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Environment

How India's 'Sand Mafia' Pillages Land, Terrorizes People, And Gets Away With It

Nicknamed "red gold," the sand's individual particles are larger than those of other varieties, and its compressive strength makes it especially useful ? and highly prized ...

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Environment

Scientists Want To See Microbeads Banned — And California Is Leading The Way

In a recent report, researchers from seven institutions have estimated that every day, a whopping 808 trillion microbeads are washed down drains in the United States, while...

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Sustainable Development

Soylent's Real Plan: Replace Food With Algae

Rob Rhinehart has long dreamed of creating the ingredients of his grey-goo food replacement, Soylent, from scratch. The company’s—and Rob’s—mantra i...

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Environment

Tiny Marine Organisms At The Base Of The Food Chain Are Eating The Plastic We Toss In The Oceans

Tiny marine organisms sitting at the very bottom of our food chain are ingesting the plastics that humans are tossing by the ton into the world's oceans, say researchers in...

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Sustainable Development

Smart, Self-Destructing Syringes Could Save Millions Of Lives

In December 2014, Yem Chrin, an unlicensed Cambodian doctor, was charged with murder. By reusing the same syringe, he had infected over 270 people in a remote community in ...

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Gender

“‘Dowry Calculator’ Is A New Way Of Looking At An Old Problem”: Aditya Save, Chief Marketing Officer, Shaadi.Com

Dowry, the deeply ingrained social evil, is often associated with arranged marriages. The regressive tradition has been spoken of in abundance, but occurrences of crime aga...

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Hollywood

Taylor Swift: ?Misogyny Is Ingrained?

Taylor Swift sounded off on feminism in a wide-ranging interview with Maxim, after she was given the No. 1 slot on the 2015 Maxim Hot 100. In the interview, Swift says she ...

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Sustainable Development

The Real Value Of Investing In Sustainability

Marina Bay Sands, which owns Singapore’s largest hotel by number of rooms, has sustainability ingrained in employees since day one. Its efforts at reducing waste and ...

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Sustainable Development

Religious Leaders Launch Unique Initiative For Food Sustainability

A world-first initiative on food sustainability bringing together representatives of the world’s major religious faiths, Indigenous leaders, sustainability activists ...

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Movies

Run All Night

Critic’s Rating: 2.5 Star.

Cast: Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris, Vincent D’Onoforio.

Di...

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