Lack of trust muddies the water in UK fishing industry
A survey of UK fishermen has revealed low levels of trust in key government organisations and scientists.
Economics & Business
Jul 8, 2019
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Domestic policy driven by intergovernmental bodies not citizens, research finds
Citizens are increasingly being marginalized by intergovernmental organizations for the attention of national politicians and influence over domestic policies, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University ...
Social Sciences
May 13, 2019
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Expert: 'No single, one-size-fits-all solution' to plastic waste problem
Governments, businesses and people around the world must play major roles in managing the rapidly growing plastics economy and the waste it produces, according to an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's ...
Environment
Dec 6, 2018
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Flint, Michigan lead crisis should have buried the city in water bottles. So, why didn't it?
One hundred thousand residents of Flint, Michigan could only use water from bottles or filters during a years-long lead contamination crisis, which started when the city switched to a new drinking water source in 2014.
Environment
Dec 4, 2018
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Editorial: The (somewhat obvious) ethical problems with creating gene-edited babies
It has long been a scientific dream: to inoculate people against terrible diseases before they're born. Now a team of doctors based in China has dangled that possibility in front of us by claiming it has edited the DNA of ...
Biotechnology
Nov 29, 2018
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Thousands of schools close as smog envelopes India, Pakistan
Schools closed across large swathes of north India on Thursday as pollution hit hazardous levels for the third day, with growing calls for urgent government action to tackle what doctors are calling a public health emergency.
Environment
Nov 9, 2017
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Twitter touts victories in war on extremist content
Twitter on Tuesday touted victories in the battle against tweets promoting extremist violence, saying it has been vanquishing those kinds of accounts before governments even ask.
Internet
Sep 19, 2017
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AP, other media ask judge to order release of iPhone records
The Associated Press and two other news organizations asked a judge Monday to force the federal government to reveal how much it paid for a tool to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters.
Security
Feb 20, 2017
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Concern over India plan to stop publishing smog data
Environmental activists expressed concern Wednesday after Indian authorities said they would stop releasing raw air pollution figures for New Delhi, the world's most polluted city.
Environment
Mar 11, 2015
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A tale of two cities
Yifang Zhu, an associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and her colleagues are drawing on lessons from Los Angeles and teaming with Peking University scientists to guide policy makers as Beijing grapples ...
Environment
Jul 3, 2013
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