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Environment

Decomposing Jellyfish Goop Is Clogging Up Norway’s Northern Fjords

A mysterious purple goop has invaded some of Norway’s northern fjords in the region of Troms, irritating fisherman and generally just grossing people out. No one can say...

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Sustainable Development

'Metal Gear Solid'-Inspired Prosthetic Limb Sends Email, Charges Phones

To the casual observer, the 25-year-old British man walking down the streets of Austin with a seemingly metallic left arm this weekend might be a cosplayer — a fan of a ...

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Hollywood

Mark Ruffalo Pledges Support For Massive Protest Action

One of the largest civil disobedience actions in a generation is coming to Capitol Hill in April of 2016. More than 2,000 individuals from around the country, including Gaby H...

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Bollywood

Only 1 In 10 Film Directors In India Is Woman: Study

Women are greatly under-represented in the Indian film industry while their number as audience in theatres was far lesser than men, a study on Gender in Media says.  B-To...

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Gender

Breaking The Gender Earnings Gap

Betty Ajio has made a living for the past 23 years doing a job that most women would not think of doing.The 43-year-old metal fabricator makes 120 to 230 cooking pots a day in...

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Health

The World is in Need of Transformative Solutions

The world has changed significantly since 2000, when the countries of the world adopted the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). While strong economic growth in...

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Human Rights

Why Tagore Would Have Been Branded Anti-National Today

Yes, you read it right. Rabindranath Tagore, the poetic force of our national anthem was against the idea of nation and nationalism. To him, it was merely a machine that in th...

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Sustainable Development

NASA’s New Space Telescope Will Study Dark Energy And Earth-Sized Planets

It’s finally official: NASA’s next major telescope project will be the innovative Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). The space telescope is projected t...

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Environment

The Electric Car Industry Is Going To Make You Love Them

How many people are ready to kick the century-old gasoline habit? American car buyers are signing for more electric cars than ever, and more manufacturers are entering the ma...

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Why Ratan Tata Is Backing This Young Man's Idea Of Saving Stray Dogs From Roadkill

Posted on February 20, 2016: Tens of thousands of stray dogs are killed on Indian roads every year. While individual numbers vary from city to city, no one is really keeping a...

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POLITICS: BURING FIRES, THREATNING GOONS

Humra  Quraishi calls out the BJP government for its apathy towards the raging fire...

May 15 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: THE THIRD SKY IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF QUEER STORIES FROM ASSAM

A Fresh Perspective on Queer Studies in Assamese: ‘Tritiya Akash’. Utpal Dat...

May 14 2024

FESTIVALS: THE RAINBOW FLAG UNFURLS

Where the Rainbow Unfurled: KASHISH Pride Film Festival 2024 reveals its stunning festiv...

May 12 2024