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UN Official Says Women Paid 24 Percent Less Than Men Globally, 30 Percent Less In Asia

A U.N. agency is mounting a worldwide campaign for equal pay for women, who get 24 percent less than men on global average and around 30 percent less for those in Asia. Rec...

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Environment

Giant Prehistoric Viruses Could Be Awakened By Oil Drilling In Siberian Permafrost.

Several giant viruses have been discovered in the past decade, and although they have all turned out to be harmless, the findings have sparked fears that one day, humans co...

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Sustainable Development

The World's Most Powerful Camera Will Snap An Area 40x Bigger Than The Moon

Weighing in at roughly three tonnes (about the same as a jeep), the epic camera will be assembled at the DOE’s National Accelerator Laboratory. From 2022, it will hel...

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Gender

What Can India Teach Us About Gender Equality?

A central driver of economic growth is the increased role of women. This comes in many forms: increased female labor force participation, reduced discrimination and wage di...

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Hollywood

Kevin Bacon Helps Feed The Elderly.

Kevin Bacon spent Tuesday helping to prepare and deliver meals to the elderly in NYC.The star helped make and pack meals for Encore Community Services for the home-bound el...

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Sustainable Development

Multisensory Cinema Adds Smell And Touch To VR Worlds.

Virtual reality is all about immersive experiences. From VR therapies that treat PTSD to news reports that transport us directly into war zones, VR disrupts the way we expe...

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Thought Factory

The Many Faces Of Media

Panoramic landscapes of rock formations on face of the earth are not the only structures that present the spectacle of erosion. What takes infinite centuries to change the ...

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Environment

The Pope Really Wants The World To Do Something About Climate Change And Slavery

Pope Francis isn't letting up on his push for global action on climate change. Barely a month after releasing a stern critique of capitalism and a call for nations around t...

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Sustainable Development

The Explosive Growth Of Community Solar Gardens In 2015

For much of the recent rise of solar power, the industry has been divided in two: distributed rooftop solar, and utility-scale solar parks. According to a new report from G...

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Sustainable Development

This Rat Limb Was Grown In The Lab

The naked little animal arm in this video is no ordinary limb. According to a report by the New Scientist, it’s the world’s first bioengineered rat limb grown i...

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