Grindmill Songs: Worlds Largest Archive Of Folk Songs

In the opening sequence of Gauri Shinde’s film English Vinglish, lyricist Swanand Kirkire’s opening verse in rustic Marathi is a breath of fresh air, given the ...

Air Pollution: Why India Must Ignore Denials Of Link To Health Harms - The Financial Express

Disputing the link between air pollution and a variety of health harms is not only dangerous, it runs contrary to what every expert affirms: that air pollution causes debil...

How To Stop Construction Companies From Choking Our Cities

Poor air quality, with diesel the biggest culprit, is now thought to be the cause of 40,000 deaths in the UK each year. But while cars and lorries have attracted most atten...

What's In Store At This Years Cannes Film Festival

The lineup at each year’s Cannes Film Festival typically includes a few surprise entries. But the announcement of this year’s offerings brought the first, grudg...

This Device Pulls Drinking Water Straight Out Of The Air — And It Runs Entirely On The Sun’s Energy

A new kind of water-capturing device could be a game-changer for some of the world’s driest places. It can pull water vapor out of the air at humidity as low as 20 pe...

How Queer Muslims Are Navigating Religion & Sexuality

I met Mohammed Shaik Hussain Ali in that quintessential San Francisco meeting space — an airy industrial coffee shop — busy, crowded, in fact, for a Sunday morn...

Why Tiny Electric Planes And $25 Tickets Could Be The Future Of Regional Air Travel

Imagine taking your next trip of a couple hundred miles. New York City to Boston, for example. Or Houston to Dallas. Tampa to Miami. The obvious choice now might be to driv...

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What causes road rage?
Why does one get angry?
What is behind domestic violence?
Can it be controlled?
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New Study Shows Worrisome Signs For Greenland Ice

As humans put more heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, ice around the planet melts. This melting can be a problem, particularly if the melting ice...