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Gunung Palung National Park. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

How to Save the Rainforest: Build a Health Centre

Yao-Hua Law 03/12/2017

In rural Indonesia, a pioneering clinic is showing how...

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US Senate Approves Major Tax Cuts in Victory for Trump

David Morgan and Amanda Becker 02/12/2017

Republicans and President Donald Trump are a big step...

A thin-section of a rock known as andesite, from the Soufrière Volcano, Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles. The section reveals complex compositional zoning of the crystals forming part of the rock. Credit: Clare Connolly, Author provided

Bali’s Agung: Using ‘Volcano Forensics’ to Map the Past and Predict the Future

Richard John Arculus 02/12/2017

'Volcano forensics' involves a mixture of modern day monitoring...

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Global Fund Elections and What They Say About US’s Influence in Global Health Politics

Priti Patnaik 02/12/2017

Peter Sands was elected the executive director of the...

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Beating Sleeping Sickness After Ebola

Michael Regnier 02/12/2017

The endemic African disease, sleeping sickness, still finds its...

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Should Environmental Refugees Be Granted Asylum Status?

Thalif Deen 01/12/2017

According to the UN, about a third of the...

A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifts off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on November 28. Credit: Roscomos

Russian Space Agency Launches Investigation Into Failed Launch

The Wire Staff 30/11/2017

Though the November 28 launch was initially reported as...