Search Result

Search Result
Sustainable Development

How Singapore Is Creating More Land For Itself

Jurong Island, a man-made smear of sand, lies just off the southern coast of Singapore. A quarter the size of Nantucket, it is thoroughly given over to the petrochemical in...

Read More
TV

Afternoon Is The New Prime Time

Doordarshan has already been there and done that. In the mid-90s, the mandarins at Mandi House came up with an unprecedented move to create an Afternoon Prime Time, wherein...

Read More
Human Rights

Alcohol Ban Succeeds As Women Warn, 'Behave Or We'll Get Tough'

India — Dozens of women brandishing brooms swooped down on a straw house in this village on a recent Saturday, sending the owner fleeing through a rice field as they ...

Read More
Hollywood

California Assembly Bill Motivates Celebrities To Take Action For Animals

California Assembly Bill 485, The Pet Rescue and Adoption Act, has inspired stars such as Russell Simmons, Nikki Sixx, Kunal Nayyar, Leona Lewis, Alicia Witt, NASCAR Driver...

Read More
Gender

India Issues Pro-Trans Public Accomodations Guidelines

India‘s government has asked all states to let transgender people use any public toilet of their choice. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation issued guidelin...

Read More
Sustainable Development

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...

Read More
Sustainable Development

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...

Read More
Alternative Entertainment

Documentary Sales Are Surging, But What's Driving Competition?

You could call it the “Netflix effect.” With the rise of the global VOD giant and its increasingly voracious appetite for nonfiction films, the documentary indu...

Read More
Health

Beyond Sterilisation: The Need For Sex Education And Contraceptives In India

For decades, India has put controversial sterilisation drives at the heart of its efforts to combat population growth. But last year, the country’s top court ordered ...

Read More
Human Rights

Trans People Would Love To Adopt As Shown In The Powerful Vicks Ad, But They Legally Can't

If you are among the ones, like yours truly, who got a little teary-eyed after watching the Vicks ad that surfaced on your Facebook timeline, you have company. There's a go...

Read More