Month: May 2018

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When Adults Are Violent, Kids Emulate. When Kids Show Love, Adults Change.

Jo McGowan Chopra 31/05/2018

If adults abuse people who are different from them,...

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Are You Paying Enough for Your Food?

Danielle Nierenberg and Emily Payne 31/05/2018

Cheap food often comes with an enormously expensive cost...

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Giant Predatory Worms Are Invading France

Jean-Lou Justine 31/05/2018

Several giant terrestrial Plathelminth species have invaded France and...

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It’s About Time We Had a Book on the Deceptively Awesome Fruit Fly

Madhusudhan Raman 31/05/2018

Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr's 'First in Fly' tries to be...

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Gulf of Mannar: Trouble in Paradise – Part I

The Wire Staff 31/05/2018

The first of a three-part video series about the...

Used cigarette butts spill out of a full ashtray on the wall of a shopping centre in Warrington, northern England January 15, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Phil Noble

Fewer People Smoking, but Tobacco Use Still a Major Cause of Death, Disease – WHO

Stephanie Nebehay 31/05/2018

Three million people die prematurely each year due to...

A part of a Chinese rocket is being transported via a highway in Shanghai. Credit: Eventgets/Wikimedia Commons

Private Cos Are Catalysing China’s Rise as a Space Superpower

The Wire Staff 31/05/2018

By better commercialising space tech and space-based assets in general,...