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The World Health Organization has made bold progress by including many tests for non-communicable diseases on its new ‘Essential Diagnostics List.’
Around 14% of Australians identify as spiritual. It is time they were given the same rights as those belonging to organised religions.
Insects aren’t known for having big brains, and slime moulds and fungi don’t have any. So how do they solve challenges that test the ingenuity of human transport engineers?
Libya’s proposed elections and any subsequent interim government will fail if the country’s challenges aren’t addressed.
Moving people without taking their social and economic concerns into consideration isn’t the way to deal with urban slums.
Global activism has played a big role in outlawing unpaid internships. Here’s how protests and social media shaming spurred negative media coverage of unpaid internships.
China has taken an incremental approach to cementing its control over the disputed waters, making the US and its allies powerless to stop it.
Some US$4.6 trillion has been made available to stave off financial crises across the world. The problem is that much of this funding is now spoken for, and the list of stricken nations is growing.
The positive energy that’s greeted the new South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, will turn to protest if economic challenges are not addressed quickly.
Each year an estimated 100 000 women have complications during childbirth which leave them with obstetric vaginal fistula.
For Ethiopia, there is no connection between the Maqdala war in 1868 and the stolen treasures at Maqdala
At least half the food eaten by the first Australians came from plants. And in terms of medicines, many different parts of plants were used.
Traditional Aboriginal healers are recognised as having special facilities for healing in childhood and are encouraged to develop their skills. They are often taught by their grandparents.
Arguments on religious freedom have taken place throughout US history and have landed in the Supreme Court as well. Interpretations have changed over time.
Pyroclastic flows are biggest danger in these eruptions.
New study confirms fears that the island’s native wildlife can be poisoned by introduced Asian toads.
Headlines that 70% of women with breast cancer don’t need chemo need to be heeded with caution: it’s a very specific (but substantial) subtype that was studied.
Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of the seaweed that offers a solution for the global plastic crisis.
The Environmental Justice Atlas highlights the most pertinent findings of environmental conflicts facing the world today.
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