A rural movement in Nicaragua that opposes the government's plan to build a cross-country canal to rival Panama's on Wednesday said it has taken its fight to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Environment
Jul 27, 2017
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Wearing helmets weighing 100 kilos, spinning in a centrifuge and exercising while weightless: Russian cosmonauts and astronauts from abroad have to undergo a gruelling training process before blasting off into space.
Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2017
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A conservation group says nearly a fifth of the forest in an orangutan sanctuary on the Indonesian part of Borneo has been taken over by people, threatening efforts to rehabilitate the critically endangered great apes for ...
Ecology
Jul 27, 2017
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No leader and scorched Note 7 smartphones? No problem.
Business
Jul 27, 2017
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A coastal zone management plan designed to safeguard Belize's natural assets has produced a win-win opportunity for people and the environment, providing a valuable framework for other coastal nations around the world where ...
Environment
Jul 27, 2017
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Current methods of capturing mixed race/ethnicity populations in global censuses are unreliable, and must be reviewed to ensure increasingly diverse populations are effectively reported, a study published today in Ethnic ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2017
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Researchers have found a surprisingly versatile workaround to create chemical compounds that could prove useful for medical imaging and drug development.
Materials Science
Jul 27, 2017
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In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Northwestern University astrophysicists have discovered that, contrary to previously standard lore, up to half of the matter in our Milky Way galaxy may come from distant galaxies. As a result, ...
Astronomy
Jul 27, 2017
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Facebook on Wednesday reported a surge in profits in the past quarter, fueled by strong growth in money-making ads to its more than two billion users.
Business
Jul 27, 2017
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Uber added a 24-hour phone help line and a slew of new features and policy changes Tuesday in an attempt to appease drivers, who have long complained the San Francisco ride-hailing company doesn't do enough to support them.
Business
Jul 27, 2017
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