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Gender

Meet The New Generation Female Comedians Who Dominate 2017

What is it really like for a woman in comedy these days? With more female stand-ups at the Edinburgh Fringe than ever before, it is about pushing forwards despite a male-he...

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Environment

Evolution: Traits That Are Good For Individuals, But Bad For Species

Evolution can select traits that are good for individuals, but bad for the species as a whole ANTAGONISM is built into the nature of sexual reproduction itself. Members of ...

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Sustainable Development

The Urban Farmers Battling Bangalore's Concrete Jungle

In Ramagondanahalli village, Muniraju Hanumanthappa bends over his clay-coloured soil surrounded by bright green spinach leaves. He quickly prunes the plants, dwarfed by th...

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Gender

Helen Mirren On Why She Resisted Calling Herself A Feminist At First

Though Helen Mirren emphatically calls herself a feminist now, she admits she's resisted the term in the past. Making the commencement speech at Tulane University in New Or...

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Human Rights

The Sex Slaves Of Al-Shabab

When Salama Ali started investigating the disappearance of two younger brothers last year she made an awful discovery - not only were radicalised young Kenyan men leaving t...

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Gender

Children Of Queer Parents Don't Have It Easy

For Megan McKnight, the natural first step after registering for classes at DePaul University in Chicago was to align herself with the school's queer community. McKnight wa...

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Sustainable Development

Seeing The Light: How India Is Embracing Solar Power

India unveiled the world's biggest solar farm earlier this year and has quadrupled its solar capacity in the last three years, bringing electricity to millions of off-grid ...

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Festivals

These Film Festivals Are Unconventional In The True Sense

We all know about the MAMI, the Cannes, the BAFTA and the Oscars… During these events, our newspapers and television screens get inundated with images and videos fro...

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Alternative Entertainment

TV Show Triggers Chinese Virginity Debate

"He asked me whether I am a virgin," says Qiu Yingying, bursting into tears.
She has just found out her relationship with boyfriend Ying Qin is over, after he found ou...

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Human Rights

A Photographer Captures LGBTQ Africans Around The World

For the past three and a half years, queer Nigerian-American photographer Mikael Owunna has traveled around North America documenting communities of LGBTQ African immigrant...

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