Month: June 2018
Kenyan Innovation takes Plastic Bags Out of Forestry
By Verenardo Meeme A four-month-old Moringa tree (Moringa oleifera), an indigenous Kenyan specie, sprouting from Kinyanjuis farm. The tree is used to make tea and has medicinal value. Verenardo Meeme …
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For a 6-Year-Old Snared in the Immigration Maze, a Memorized Phone Number Proves a Lifeline
by Ginger Thompson June 21, 10:22 p.m. EDT As the U.S. attempts to reunite migrant families, children will bear the burden of helping to identify who and where their parents are. …
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Refugee Women use their Voices Through Digital Storytelling
Caroline Lenette, UNSW Egenie told her story for her father whom she describes as her friend and mentor. Author supplied Storytelling is innate to humans. For millennia, ever since cave …
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When You Drive A Vehicle It’s Your Conduct Not Your Speed Which Bothers The Law
By Hemant Batra | Policy & Business Lawyer | Kaden Boriss | Goeman Bind HTO There is no dearth now of progressive and profound judgements by the Indian courts of …
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Experimental Ebola vaccination underway in the DRC
By Alex Namwena An experimental Ebola vaccine is being administered for the first time, in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). No vaccine has yet been …
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Why electronic surveillance monitoring may not reduce youth crime
by Darren Palmer, Deakin University June 14, 2018 12.55pm AEST Victoria is introducing legislation to require young criminal offenders to wear electronic tracking devices. Shutterstock Last week, the Victorian government …
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California’s Drought Is Part of a Much Bigger Water Crisis. Here’s What You Need to Know
by Amanda Zamora, Abrahm Lustgarten and Lauren Kirchner June 25, 2015, 12:30 p.m. EDT Why do I keep hearing about the California drought, if it’s the Colorado River that we’re “killing”? Pretty much every …
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Getting a scientific message across means taking human nature into account
Rose Hendricks, University of California San Diego Yeah, I’m not hearing that. Woman picture via www.shutterstock.com. We humans have collectively accumulated a lot of science knowledge. We’ve developed vaccines that …
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Cholera ‘third wave’ threatens Yemen
By Adel Aldaghbashy [SANAA] A new outbreak of cholera can be expected in Yemen as a result of the rainy season that began in mid-April, a study suggests. According to …
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