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Chernobyl's New and Improved Sarcophagus Will Contain The Disaster's Radioactivity For A Century

Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, engineers are giving the epicenter of the long-defunct facility a facelift. With financial assistance from more than 40 n...

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Gender

Inside Pakistan's Gender-Fluid Hijra Community

In conservative Pakistan, where religious extremists wage continuous battles against the government in the name of a strict interpretation of Islam, male cross-dressers, tr...

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Environment

Here's How The Number Of Fish In The Ocean Could More Than Double By 2050

Fish populations around the world have been decimated by overfishing — but new research suggests that this could soon change if the world got its act together.
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Sustainable Development

Sustainable Fisheries – An Emerging New Normal?

Last month I had the pleasure of attending a ‘trilogue’ organized by the European Commission for policymakers, scientists and the private sector on the subject ...

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Sustainable Development

An Office On Four Wheels Brings Land Administration Services To Isolated Populations

I recently had the opportunity to see the mobile offices run by the State Service for the Registration of Real Estate (SSRRE) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. These mobile of...

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Hollywood

Emma Watson And Forest Whitaker Help Launch Heforshe Arts Week

Film stars, UN officials and New York City came together this week to commemorate International Women’s Day by launching the inaugural HeForShe Arts week, a new initi...

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Financial Jharkhand: Women Hockey Players Learn English To Break Language Barrier

Sonal Minz may hail from Simdega, a remote region in Jharkhand, but that’s not where she wants to remain all her life. A goalkeeper with the Indian women’s hock...

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Gender

India’s Female Scavengers Enslaved By Caste, Gender Discrimination

New legislation in India to crack down on the practice of forcing mainly the poorest women to clear other people’s excreta will have little impact unless deeply entre...

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Environment

One Of The World's Last Remaining Whaling Companies Is Hanging Up Its Harpoons

One of the world's last whaling companies has announced that it won't be manning the harpoons this summer, deciding it's too hard to market the meat.
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Sustainable Development

Experience The Milky Way In High Resolution Over Multiple Wavelengths

About 90 percent of the global population lives north of the equator, so it’s no wonder that the Southern Hemisphere often gets short-shift. But when it comes to stun...

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