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Sex Workers Defy Tradition: “Our Daughters Will Not Be Prostitutes, They Will Study.”

The Rajnat community relies on commercial sex work done by mothers, sisters and daughters to make ends meet. But these Rajnat women are determined their daughters will break f...

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Watch Scientists Demonstrate The Anti-Aging Powers Of A 'Second Skin’

Aging stinks and most people hate it, which means there has never been any lack of products that claim to combat wrinkles and saggy skin. But a new “second skin,”d...

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How Climate Change In The Arctic Could Cause Tsunamis In The UK

Disasters are ranked according to both their potential for damage and the likelihood that they will occur in the next five years. An influenza pandemic, for example, is consid...

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Gender diversity - Companies Pull Women Managers Out Of Pink Ghettoes

Gender diversity - Companies Pull Women Managers Out Of Pink Ghettoes MUMBAI: Bringing women managers out of `pink ghettoes' and proactively deploying them in important front...

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What Effect Does Paid Maternity Leave Have On Infant Mortality?

For each additional month of paid maternity leave offered in low- and middle-income countries, infant mortality is reduced by 13 percent.“A significant number of countri...

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Fighting Poverty, Stabilizing Peace

The United Nations is more needed today than at any time since the Cold War. It is the only place on Earth where any nation, state or government can talk to any other nation, ...

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This Silicon Valley Billionaire Wants to Give Us All Robot Bodies

The Beam was designed as a video conferencing tool, allowing instant, face-to-face communication—kind of like FaceTime or Skype, except you can drive the screen on legs ...

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Humans Care More About Climate Change if They Know They're Responsible

Climate change denial is still a huge problem among elected representatives, to say nothing of the general populace, and even when our elected leaders do try to act to combat ...

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For Female Scientists, There's No Good Time To Have Children

American women are leaving academic science, including the social sciences, in alarming numbers. Many will turn away from science while still in graduate school. Although wome...

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Uncovering Health Inequalities: A Path Towards Leaving No One Behind

Having a skilled health professional during childbirth can save the life of a woman and her child. But, in many parts of the world and within many countries, the presence of a...

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STUDENT CITY PART 4

Written by Prof Dr Piyush Roy, Student City Part 4 revisits the emotional rivalries, cam...

May 14 2026

TWO POWERFUL THEATRE REFLECTIONS

Sohaila Kapur reflects on two compelling theatre experiences — the experimental st...

May 13 2026

THE STING BEHIND BOLLYWOOD PAPARAZZI

Khalid Mohamed, without being judgmental, reports on the love-hate relationship of the c...

May 12 2026