Culture
Indian face-lightening app faces criticism
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Controversy seized the blogosphere when Vaseline introduced a Facebook application to promote a line of skin-whitening products for males in India.
Science
Algae could combat hunger
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Heralded by scientists as a near-miracle food, a protein-rich algae has potential to abolish malnutrition.
Democracy
Ethiopian egalitartian community thrives
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Nestled in Ethiopia’s rural Debub Gondar Zone exists Awra Amba, a small utopian community in which men cook supper and religious observance is taboo.
Science
Tired of forgetting? Sleep on it.
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A Washington University St. Louis study on memory revealed that “sleeping on it” is, in fact, the most productive plan of action.
Democracy
Bridging nations no longer a figurative task
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Though attempts to build symbolic bridges between Armenia and Turkey have effectively ceased, plans to reconstruct a literal one are underway.
Democracy
Garment workers launch labor-friendly line
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Former garment workers in Thailand and Argentina have joined forces to launch an anti-slave labor clothing line called No Chains.
Democracy & Civics
Slang constitution attempts to popularize Kenyan law
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In an effort to familiarize young voters with Kenya’s draft constitution, a website has translated the document into the slang language Sheng.
Democracy & Civics
Brazil bill could grant rights to ‘unborn’
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A current Brazilian bill could amplify the nation’s already stringent abortion restrictions. The “fetal rights” measure gives “absolute priority” to fetuses and extends constitutional rights to the “unborn.”
Democracy & Civics
For immigrants to UK, marriage dependent on English proficiency
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Starting this autumn, non-EU immigrants wishing to marry British citizens must pass an English test.
Democracy & Civics
Controversial ‘Declaration’ allows tracking of Euro ‘Net searches
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The European Parliament’s pending “Written Declaration 29” is poised to permit the tracking of every EU Internet search made in the next two years.