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Environment

Freak Heatwave Pushes North Pole 20 Degrees Celsius Above Winter Norm

MONTREAL: Temperatures at the North Pole rose above freezing point on Wednesday, 20 degrees Celsius above the mid-winter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of extr...

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Gender

Most Toy Adverts Are ‘Sexist’ And Show ‘Narrow And Limiting’ Gender Stereotypes, Study Warns

The majority of adverts for children’s toys  are “sexist” and reinforce “narrow and limiting” gender stereotypes according...

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TV

Of Demons And Social Pressure

Life OK?s new prime time starter is Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re. Unlike its predecessors, it has had an unimpressive beginning. Model Town, the site of the narrative is most con...

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Health

Maternal Mortality Declining But Still Above Goal

Maternal mortality rates have dropped substantially over the past quarter century but still are not declining fast enough to meet ambitious international goals for eradicat...

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Trending

Artificial Patients, Real Learning

The patient’s blood pressure had reportedly crashed in the ambulance; a gunshot wound had damaged the heart. In the operating room, a medical resident, Dr. Dan Hashim...

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Gender

Child Marriage: A Devastating Effect Of The Refugee Crisis

The global refugee crisis triggered by the Syrian war and other conflicts poses a major challenge for governments around the world. Behind the scenes, though, it is exacerb...

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Environment

Snow Leopards At Risk As Himalayas Face Climate Change 'Crisis'

Warming temperatures could cause the tree line to shift up the mountains and cause farmers to plant crops and graze livestock at higher altitudes, squeezing the snow leopar...

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Gender

These Leaders Are Standing Up To Anti-LGBT Bullying

“Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you,” said Ellen DeGeneres back in 2010. She was responding to what she ...

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Hollywood

Rhys Ifans Slams Wild Animal Circuses

Rhys Ifans has joined Animal Defenders Internationalto help wild animals forced to perform in circuses, slamming the outdated practice as “cruel”.His passionate...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Just Created An Artificial Skin That Could Let Patients Feel Again.

“The aim of our research was to make a synthetic skin that communicates information about pressure in the same way that real skin does,” Alex Chortos, a researc...

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