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The Dispersants Used After The BP Blowout Did More Harm Than Good

Chemical dispersants were supposed to make it easier for undersea bacteria to digest the oil that poured into the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Read More

Retroscope

MANNA DEY

It was in late 1996 that I started the Bimal Roy Memorial with a view to honour my father, whose films continued to thrill audiences, and still do. Very few individuals fro...

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Festivals

Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival Winners And Disappointments

When festival director Tine Fischer started CPH: DOX 13 years ago, her mission was to “take documentary into as many directions as possible.” This meant the cre...

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Hollywood

Winslet, Bullock, Dawson Speak Out On Hollywood's Gender Pay Gap Issue.

The gender wage gap issue has finally come to the forefront of conversations in Hollywood. Thanks to Jennifer Lawrence’s essay and Patricia Arquette’s...

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Trending

What’s Next : Tomorrow’s Digital Life

According to Douglas Adams in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, that’s the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everythin...

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Environment

China Is Tapping Tibetan Glaciers To Meet Growing Demand For Bottled Water

Driven both by convenience and concerns about the country's widespread pollution, the Chinese drank nearly 10.6 billion gallons of bottled water in 2013, the Hong Kong-base...

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Sustainable Development

Bumblebees Are Teaching Smart Cars How To Drive

A newly-awarded research grant from the National Science Foundation is devoting $300,000 to a project to study the ways that bumblebees navigate, and to apply tha...

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Hollywood

George Clooney Visits Charity Cafe In Scotland

George Clooney visited a cafe in Scotland today that gives 100% of it’s profits to charity. The actor took the time to visit Social Bite in Edinburgh, a soc...

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Health

Maternal Mortality On A Decline, But Challenges Remain

The number of women dying during pregnancy, childbirth or within six weeks after birth has fallen by 44 per cent since 1990, say United Nations agencies, including the...

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Health

CRISPR Technique Could ‘Turn Off’ Muscular Dystrophy Gene, Study Says

A recent paper published in the journal Molecular Therapy found that, at least for one disease, that may be possible very soon. According to lead resear...

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