Month: September 2017

Vietnamese soldiers work at a damaged building after the Doksuri storm passed through Ha Tinh province, Vietnam

Vietnam’s Poorest Worst Hit by Typhoon Disasters

Chinh Luu and Jason von Meding 25/09/2017

Although widespread evacuations prevented a higher death toll, the...

The Sharklets (blue shirts) play the Eagles in a Future League American football youth league match in Beijing, China, May 26, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Illusory Sense of Agency Has a Deeply Important Social Purpose

Chris Frith 24/09/2017

Many neuroscientific studies confirm that the brain’s ‘automatic pilot’...

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Abortion, Contraception and Pregnancy: How Women’s Bodies Became a Battlezone

Sophie Cousins 24/09/2017

Women’s reproductive rights are under attack across the globe....

Mexican and international rescue teams remove a painting as they search for survivors in a collapsed building after an earthquake, at Roma neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico September 23, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Carlos Jasso

Mexico Shaken by Quake Aftershock, Volcanic Ash Adds to Fear

Michael O'Boyle and Noe Torres 24/09/2017

The strong aftershock following Tuesday's devastating earthquake, raised fears...

An old coal-burning power plant in China. Credit: Reuters

The Environmental Impact of a Coal Plant in Kenya Is Being Underplayed

David Obura 24/09/2017

Apart from the unfavourable economic and financing aspects for...

An ant colony in a lab. Credit: Daniel Charbonneau

The Last Insect You’d Expect to Put up With Laziness Is the Ant – but It Does

Janaki Lenin 24/09/2017

Ant colonies put up with inefficient gold bricks in...

Archana Lakhani. Credit: The Author

Experimenting with Cold, Magnetic Materials in Indore

Aashima Dogra 24/09/2017

Condensed matter physicist Archana Lakhani is the only woman...