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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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Human Rights

What's Keeping Indian Women From Working

India has one of the largest populations of working people in the world, but a recent report has found that fewer women are now entering the workforce. Today, just one in f...

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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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Festivals

Skjaldborg Festival Is Fuelling Creativity In Patreksfjordur

If there is one thing Icelanders are masters at, it’s organising a festival. Music, film and art fairs pop up regularly on the country’s event calendar, and tho...

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Alternative Entertainment

I Miss The Non-Violent Cartoon COPS Of My Childhood

I was lied to a lot as a child; at least that's how I choose to remember it. Every Saturday morning in front of a TV, I'd see these images of pianos and anvils falling on w...

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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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Impact Of Mothers Learning

Literacy programmes for mothers can not only improve their own learning skills but also impact their children's education, a recent study has found. During the one-year stu...

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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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Health

Why Instagram Is The Worst Social Media For Mental Health

Instagram is the worst social media network for mental health and wellbeing, according to a recent survey of almost 1,500 teens and young adults. While the photo-based plat...

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Sustainable Development

A Fish That Can Father A Near Clone Of Itself

Scientists have discovered a fish carrying genes only from its father in the nucleus of its cells. Found in a type of fish called Squalius alburnoides, which normally inhab...

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