Featured
Team embarks on simulated mission to Mars
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Humanity has long sought to put a person on Mars, but it might only be possibly if astronauts can stand each other long enough to make the journey there and back.
Democracy & Civics
Acid attack victim inspires Pakistani legislation
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Recently drafted Pakistani legislation has the potential to become the nation’s first law against domestic violence.
Environment
Alaska on fire while Lower 48 girds for summer wildfires
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Fairbanks is smoky. Anchorage is smoky. To be in Alaska this early June is to see skies of haze, mixed with the scent of burning forests.
Democracy & Civics
HIV-positive women sue Namibian government over forced sterilization
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Hundreds of protesters rallied yesterday behind three women petitioning the Namibian government to end the practice of forced sterilization of HIV-positive patients.
Economy
Way up north, another kind of oil controversy
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Not many people have heard of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, nor the Athabaskan Tar Sands. Not these days, anyway, with the Deepwater Horizon disaster spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. But in Fort Chipewyan, the ongoing effects of bitumen oil extraction continue as the top news of the day.
Democracy & Civics
South Africa braces for possible uptick in human trafficking
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As South Africans play host for the 2010 World Cup, they may also inadvertently play host to human traffickers as thousands children are off school for the month-long games.
Featured
Common bacteria may boost intelligence, decrease anxiety in humans
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Don’t be afraid of getting dirty—it might just make you healthier, less stressed and smarter.
Democracy & Civics
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe in court fight with LGBT … and Willie Brown
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Possession of “indecent material” and a letter from former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown critical of Mugabe led to a raid on gay rights organization.
Economy
U.S., Viet ‘Catfish Wars’ heat up (again)
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The so-called “Catfish Wars,” pitting U.S. catfish farmers against Asian producers since 2002, is heating up.
Democracy & Civics
New Zealand passes 3-strikes law
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Some groups fear the law will affect Maori and indigenous groups harder and possibly take the country down California’s path.