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Don Clyde

Culture

AIDS hits African women, funding shortfall threatens progress

By Don Clyde | October 1, 2010

An additional $10 billion will be required to provide universal access to powerful pharmaceuticals, prevention efforts and early diagnosis methods to stem the transmission of HIV from mothers to their newborns.

Culture

Robots seen as solution to Japan’s aging, shrinking population

By Don Clyde | September 9, 2010

The wedding conductor spoke, her arms moving with slow jerky movements, as her large, egg-shaped, glowing eyes flashed from purple to blue to green and yellow. Strange?

Culture

Political website calls Einsteinian physics a ‘liberal conspiracy’

By Don Clyde | August 13, 2010

Conservapedia list 28 “Counterexamples to Relativity” and associates the theory with the philosophy of relativism.

Science

New tech turns ordinary windows into solar cells

By Don Clyde | August 12, 2010

New thin-film technology could also be applied to other surfaces, turning buildings into power generators.

Democracy

Russian rap star arrested for song against police brutality

By Don Clyde | August 5, 2010

Russian rap star Noize MC was arrested and given a 10-day sentence for song blasting police corruption and brutality.

Democracy

Cantonese speakers defend their language

By Don Clyde | August 3, 2010

Cantonese-speaking protesters in Hong Kong and Guangzhou demonstrate against new official policy that would increase Mandarin broadcasting in the region.

Democracy

Zimbabwean LGBT rights activist not guilty of ‘pornography’ charges

By Don Clyde | July 27, 2010

Two activists from Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe were arrested in May after police found “indecent material” and a letter from former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown “insulting” to President Robert Mugabe.

Science

Amazon forest destruction falls dramatically

By Don Clyde | July 27, 2010

But there’s debate over whether the decline is due to new enforcement technologies or basic economics.

Science

Curry spices reduce methane in sheep, cow burps

By Don Clyde | July 21, 2010

Coriander reduces methane production in sheep guts by up to 40 percent. Researches say the effect could be the same in cows.

Science

Australia’s Outback is a huge CO2 sponge

By Don Clyde | July 15, 2010

New cost-effective, environmentally friendly efforts could increase the Outback’s carbon storage capacity, according to a new study.

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