Year: 2020

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Human-Made Materials Now Weigh as Much as All Living Biomass, Scientists Say

Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams 14/12/2020

The human enterprise is growing fast, too, while nature...

A mother feeds her malnourished child in the Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre of Sheopur district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh April 6, 2010. Credit: REUTERS/Reinhard Krause

Child Nutrition Levels in India Worsened Over Last Five Years, Finds NHFS Survey

Taniya Roy 14/12/2020

Eighteen of the 22 states and UTs recorded a...

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High APCs Are a Feature, Not a Bug

Björn Brembs 14/12/2020

Some people have welcomed high APCs for over a...

Pfizer Vaccine’s Price May Be Throwing off Indian Government, Report Says

The Wire Staff 14/12/2020

Aside from its cost, the Pfizer vaccine candidate was...

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5 Years After Paris, How Countries’ Climate Policies Match up to Their Promises

Morgan Bazilian and Dolf Gielen 14/12/2020

Bold visions for slowing global warming have emerged from...

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Google Upheaval Signals Pushback Against Biased Algorithms and Bad AI

Michael Walker 13/12/2020

The departure of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru from...

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The Stories We Tell About Inventors – and Their White Male Protagonists

Anjali Vats 13/12/2020

The story of invention in America typically features larger-than-life...