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Month: May 2019

‘Global village’ needed to raise a scientist
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Q&A: ‘Global village’ needed to raise a scientist

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019

By Bothina Osama, Ben Deighton [STOCKHOLM] There is an African saying that it takes a village to raise a child. But according to Segenet Kelemu, the director general of the …

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TurboTax Uses A “Military Discount” to Trick Troops Into Paying to File Their Taxes
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TurboTax Uses A “Military Discount” to Trick Troops Into Paying to File Their Taxes

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019

by Justin Elliott and Kengo Tsutsumi  May 23, 5 a.m. EDT Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, created and promoted a “military discount” that charges service members who are eligible to file for free. …

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Rethinking tourism so the locals actually benefit from hosting visitors
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Rethinking tourism so the locals actually benefit from hosting visitors

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019

Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia Tourism today has a problem and needs an entire rethink. Pundits are debating overtourism, peak tourism and tourismphobia. Cities such as Barcelona, Venice and …

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Funding Africa’s mHealth innovators only half solution
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Funding Africa’s mHealth innovators only half solution

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

By Laura Owings Despite increasing use of mobile technologies in African healthcare, key challenges remain, writes Laura Owings.As a community health worker tasked with tracking infant vaccinations in Kenya, Collince …

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I Now Have the Perspective of Both Sides”: 18 Voting Officials Take Civil Rights Tour
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I Now Have the Perspective of Both Sides”: 18 Voting Officials Take Civil Rights Tour

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019

A trip that included a walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, drew a number of officials from states with controversial voting requirements. by Jessica Huseman May 13, 5:27 …

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Corporations are funding health and nutrition research – here’s why you should be worried
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Corporations are funding health and nutrition research – here’s why you should be worried

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019

Sarah Steele, University of Cambridge and Lejla Sarcevic, University of Cambridge alphaspirit/Shutterstock For the health-conscious consumer, it’s hard to keep up with the dizzying array of products on offer. Consumers …

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Climate now biggest driver of migration, study finds
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Climate now biggest driver of migration, study finds

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019

By Inga Vesper The effects of climate change, including floods and extreme temperatures, have become more important push factors in migration than economic inequality or conflict, according to a global …

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What Will Come of the More Than Me Rape Scandal?
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What Will Come of the More Than Me Rape Scandal?

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019

After a ProPublica report last year, the American charity and Liberian government promised to independently investigate. Amid the silence that followed, something strange happened involving the principal of a school …

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In India, WhatsApp is a weapon of antisocial hatred
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In India, WhatsApp is a weapon of antisocial hatred

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019

Rohit Chopra, Santa Clara University Smartphones are a conduit for misinformation about the Indian election. AP Photo/Manish Swarup A general election in India, the world’s most populous democracy, seems a …

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