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What Stands In The Way Of Revolutionary Male Contraceptives? Men?

Birth control for men has barely progressed since the first vasectomy in 1899. The reason for that is a little bit of science and a lot of sexism.Tiny room no. 46 on the secon...

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Toiling For A Toilet

On June 15, 2016, just off a train ride 1,000 miles south from a brick kiln in Punjab, Ramlal Baghel, along with his three sons and their wives, arrived home to their village ...

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Feminism Is Helping Women Recover From Substance Abuse

Every Wednesday for the past month, from 10:30am to 3:00pm, five women have been meeting in a training room behind St Leonard's Shoreditch Church, London, to discuss feminist ...

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The Fate Of 'America's First River' Is The Focus Of A New Film Series

Home to America's 'First River,' the Hudson region of New York has a well-earned reputation as the birthplace of the country's environmental movement. From the early Hudson Ri...

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9 Other Superheroines Who Need Their Own Movie Adaptations

This week, director Patty Jenkins made history. She became the first woman director to head up a summer blockbuster ― a big-budget sector of the film industry typically rese...

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Is Menstrual Blood Really Impure? A Scientific Take On Myths & Facts

We as a species are yet to unravel the necessity to menstruate (and in turn procreate) as we do, as often as we do, and for as long as we do. This indeed is a difficult conund...

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10 Year Old Launches Clothing Line To Combat Colourism

A 10-year-old girl has created a clothing line to help challenge colourism. Kheris Rogers, from Los Angeles, was bullied a lot at school for her skin colour, which affected he...

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This Indian Toy Inventor Has Made Science Fun & Sustainable For Over 30 Years

Tin Tanker, Stretchable Stomach, Coconut Creature and Buckling Basket - alliterations are not the only thing Arvind Gupta is a maestro at. For over 30 years, this Indian scien...

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Giant Antarctic Iceberg 'Hanging By A Thread' Say Scientists

Split in the Larsen C ice shelf will release an iceberg a quarter of the size of Wales, changing the landscape of the Antarctic peninsula A giant section of an Antarctic ice s...

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Mental Health: Huge Gap Between Health & Provision

The research, by the Mental Health Rights Campaign, found that general practice is falling short of the standards of care to which it aspires. The group comprises people affec...

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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

MAHOGATHA REVIVES MAHASHWETA DEVI’S LEGACY

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Mahogatha, a powerful Marathi theatrical adaptation of thr...

May 11 2026