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Gender

Can Quotas Help Tackle The Confidence Gender Gap?

Quotas — in politics, business, or education — are a heavy-handed way to banish gender discrimination. They increase female representation, but at wha...

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Festivals

Iowa Indie Film Festival Changes Format

The Iowa Independent Film Festival is shaking up its format after the 2015 festival was postponed. “We decided to have our festival in 2016 and go every other year. T...

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Trending

Google Says Mobile Search Has Surpassed Desktop Search.

Indeed, the company formerly known as Google—which reorganized in August under an umbrella organization called Alphabet—reported quarterly earnings for the firs...

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Gender

Student To Discuss Gender Inequality At UN Panel

It’s no small feat to be selected to speak on a panel at the United Nations, yet that’s exactly what Maya Krishnan has accomplished. Krishnan, a senior studying...

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Environment

Volkswagens 2016 Diesel Models Might Also Have Emissions Cheating Software

After a study on emissions discrepancies uncovered suspicious data on Volkswagen diesel vehicles, the EPA issued a notice of violation against the company in September. The...

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Sustainable Development

Self-Driving Cars Are Coming To Canadian Roads In 2016

In a bid to compete with the US on developing self-driving cars—technologies that companies such as Google and Tesla are already working on—self-driving cars ca...

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Festivals

Drishyam-Sundance Screenwriters Lab, 2016 Calls For Submissions For Their Second Edition

Mumbai, October 10, 2015: Drishyam Films, in partnership with the Sundance Institute, USA, is organising the Drishyam-Sundance Screenwriters...

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Festivals

Announcement Of 6th National Science Film Festival 2016

It is our pleasure to bring to your attention: the 6th National Science Film Festival & Competition 2016 (NSFF 2016) has been announced by Vigyan Prasar, Department of ...

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Gender

Why Discriminating Against Women Keeps Countries Poorer

In 100 countries around the world, women are barred from doing certain work solely because they are women. More than 150 countries have at least one law that is discriminat...

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Sustainable Development

The Saffire Experiment Will Study Real Fires in Microgravity

This combustible research project is slated for launch in 2016, and will be activated at a distance from the International Space Station to avoid, you know, setting our onl...

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