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More than two months after her commercial fishing pier on Mount Desert Island took a serious beating in back-to-back storms, Sheryl Harper has only just begun planning a way forward. High winds and storm surge swamped the…

Oral health problems can signify other problems throughout the body. Alfieri via Getty Images…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Greg Penner walks in the Ritz as the smartest person in the lobby. One of his greatest strengths is that he never lets anyone know it or acts like it. Penner is a lifelong learner, and his first two seasons as CEO and…

An artist’s impression of Europa Clipper near the moon it is named afterNASA An instrument on a NASA spacecraft due to blast off to Europa later this year may be able to directly detect cellular material ejected from…

The fossil fuel industry is no longer feeling the need to pretend it cares about meeting its climate commitments. Take, for example, ExxonMobil’s 2022 commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. A bold declaration, no…

India will soon hold the biggest election ever conducted, starting on April 19 and running through early June. Almost 950 million registered voters will be able to cast ballots to elect the 543 members of the Lok Sabha, the lower…

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The world has recently seen a number of high-profile cross-border disease outbreaks and pandemics. The COVID pandemic and multi-country Mpox (monkeypox) outbreaks are just two examples. But there is very little scientific evidence…

Bengaluru, India — After years of working at a salon in Bengaluru, Shakeela Banu made a major life change in 2018 and joined Urban Company (UC), an app-based home services platform that has more than 52,000 workers across Indian cities,…

When I think 2020, I think blur: social unrest, economic turbulence, all amplified and fueled by a world-historical pandemic. As someone who teaches at a public health school, I’ve wondered for a while what a book that successfully…

Paraquat is a deadly herbicide that has been linked to Parkinson’s disease in farmworkers and agricultural communities. It’s already been banned in more than 50 countries. But in the U.S., paraquat is still widely sprayed on farms…

Frontrunner Donald Trump has cruised to victory in South Carolina’s Republican primary with the support of an almost unwavering base of loyal voters. But rival Nikki Haley says she is not dropping out of the United States presidential…

Frontrunner Donald Trump has cruised to victory in South Carolina’s Republican primary with the support of an almost unwavering base of loyal voters. But rival Nikki Haley says she is not dropping out of the United States presidential…

Threads, Meta’s Twitter-like service and competitor to X, may be distancing itself from politics, but that doesn’t mean it won’t try to tackle the misinformation that spreads across social media — particularly in the lead-up to…

Threads, Meta’s Twitter-like service and competitor to X, may be distancing itself from politics, but that doesn’t mean it won’t try to tackle the misinformation that spreads across social media — particularly in the lead-up to…

Over the past few months, much has been said about the relationship between the UAE and Saudi Arabia, some of it strikingly shallow and misinformed, with recent op-eds characterising it as a “rivalry” or a “rift”, and one going as far as…

“Eat a chicken and the penguin gets it!” Sounds like something straight out of a movie, right? But this isn’t some corny Hollywood scenario—it’s a real-life hostage situation. Penguins in Antarctica are suffering and dying from a…

Former Playboy Bunny and author of Only Say Good Things Crystal Hefner joined PETA to expose the suffering behind cashmere. By unveiling the horrors of this bloody industry, she hopes to inspire consumers to make compassionate…

This post is in response to If You Love Pets, Why Do You Eat Pigs? By Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S We can build a more peaceful and healthy world right now, so let’s…

Jan. 22, 2024 – In the 1979 comedy Manhattan, Mary (played by Diane Keaton) tells Isaac (Woody Allen) to vent his frustrations so they can finally get their feelings out in the open. “I don’t get angry,” Isaac replies. “I grow a tumor…

China played a big part in the growth of solar and wind power in 2023yuanyuan xie / Alamy Stock Photo 2023 saw a record expansion of renewable energy, with almost 50 per cent more solar, wind and other clean energy…

The original Voyager 2 photo of Neptune (left) and the reprocessed image from the new study (right)Patrick Irwin Neptune’s true colour is a pale greenish-blue similar to that of Uranus, contrary to popular images…

The original Voyager 2 photo of Neptune (left) and the reprocessed image from the new study (right)Patrick Irwin Neptune’s true colour is a pale greenish-blue similar to that of Uranus, contrary to popular images…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Joe Biden more than a year ago, is a game-changing law that…

Despite a rise in cyberattacks and breaches, the cybersecurity industry is by no means exempt from the uncertainty inspired by the current economy. 2023 will likely be remembered as the “year of the layoff.”…

Social Media tools, trends and algorithms come and go, but federal managers continue to see improvements in their digital engagement initiatives when they put citizens at the center of their programs. It’s common to hear that…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain (Names have been changed to protect identities.) Australian school students feel immense pressure to go to university, often at the exclusion of all other…

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In mid-November, the temperature in the Halkidiki region of Polygyros, northern Greece was still over 15 degrees Celsius. Greek organic farmer Zaharoula Vassilaki looks with admiration at a huge olive…

In mid-November, the temperature in the Halkidiki region of Polygyros, northern Greece was still over 15 degrees Celsius. Greek organic…

As we move further towards meteorological winter, one thing as predictable as the changing seasons is online news headlines that promise the ‘exact date’ we will see snow in the UK, often weeks in advance. But where do these…

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Andrew Leland | Penguin Press, 2023 | BookGeorgina Kleege | Oxford University Press, 2018 | BookKleege is one of the most important and influential blind intellectuals in the US and all of her books are crucial documents for…