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Smart Energy Technology 'Stymied By Current Policy'

Smart technology that could shave £90 off household energy bills and curb carbon emissions is being stymied by government policy, a leading thinktank has said. In a w...

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Human Rights

Rajasthan To Set Up First Authority To Guarantee Land Titles

Rajasthan is setting up an independent authority to verify and guarantee land titles in its cities, a move seen by experts as speeding up property transactions, freeing up ...

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Taiwan Is On The Verge Of Becoming The First Asian Country With Marriage Equality

More than 4 billion people live in Asia. But not one of them lives in a country where people can get married regardless of their sexual orientation. LGBT rights supporters ...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Are Using the Enzyme That Makes Fireflies Glow to Track Brain Cells

Fireflies and other bioluminescence-producing species (e.g. bacteria, jellyfish, worms, sharks) create light through a chemical reaction in their body catalyzed by an enzym...

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Health

For Melinda Gates, Birth Control Is Women's Way Out Of Poverty

Melinda Gates has made providing poor women in developing countries access to contraception a mission. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she leads with her hus...

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Hollywood

Pamela Anderson Joins Giant Animal Mascots To Promote Vegan Diet

This week, adored pin-up and animal advocate Pamela Anderson joined PETA's giant animal mascots to promote vegan food choices just ahead of World Vegan Month (November).Hol...

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Human Rights

Help Us! Women In Indian Mill Pen Letter Describing Sexual Abuse At Work | Reuters

A letter from six women at a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu, describing the sexual harassment they face at work and asking for help, exposes the widespread exploitation of wom...

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Alternative Entertainment

Broadway Artists Are Aligning To Make Social And Political Change

The Broadway Advocacy Coalition is a new platform for artists to speak up and fuse arts with activism. Following the August 1 Broadway for Black Lives Matter event, in whic...

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Sustainable Development

The City That Was Saved By The Internet

The “Chattanooga Choo Choo” sign over the old terminal station is purely decorative, a throwback. Since the Southern Railroad left town in the early 1970s, the ...

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Meet The Indian Girl Who Won $1 Million Hult Prize & Is Solving Transportation Issues In Kenya

“Lags in the transportation system are a big issue in many countries and it is something that is often overlooked even though people use it on a daily basis. When tra...

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