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Speaking About Rape Is Scary. For Some Writers, Fiction Can Help

“The first person to tell me I was gang-raped was a therapist, seven years after the fact,” novelist Jessica Knoll wrote in an essay for Lena Dunham and JenniKo...

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Health

3 Striking Charts Show How Vaccines Have Impacted 20th Century Diseases

Despite the few very loud voices still claiming vaccines are dangerous (and getting a lot of attention in the process), there is overwhelming evidence that they make the wo...

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Health

Communicable Diseases Rise 32 Perccent In 5 Years, Spending Up 7 Percent

Spending on programmes to control India’s three main communicable diseases — malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy A — increased seven percent over five years...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope : Springtime For Gujarati Theatre

There is a growing demand for experimental work in Gujarati theatre, particularly if a younger audience is to be tapped, the demographic not attracted by the domestic ...

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Smartphones Not Smart Enough To Handle Crisis?

Most of the top smartphone apps, including Siri on Apple phones and Cortana on Windows phones, cannot help you if you raise an alert to them about mental health, interperso...

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Environment

Witness To Climate Change: Remembering Photographer Gary Braasch

Portland environmental photographer Gary Braasch described himself as a witness to climate change. He dedicated himself to making images that helped the rest of the world w...

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US School Girls Develop App 'Pharm Alarm' To Help Alzheimer's, Dementia Patients

Six young school girls in the US are currently developing an app to help patients suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia, remember to take their medications.
The seve...

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Alternative Entertainment

Oliviers 2016 Nomination List

Imelda Staunton has picked up her eleventh Olivier Award nomination for Gypsy, which leads the field with an impressive eight nods.
Staunton is up for Best Actress in ...

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Festivals

European Film Festival Features 'Movies That Matter'

It is peak award season for the film industry, and some fans will be left wanting more. Those who didn’t get their fill of movies this year that focus on meaty topics...

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Festivals

Berlin Film Festival: Director Defends Eight-Hour Movie That Features Hour-Long Lunch Break

‘It’s not slow cinema, it’s cinema,” says Lav Diaz, director of historical drama A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, shown at the Berlin film festiv...

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