We asked five architecture experts to name one building or structure they wish had been preserved, but couldn’t resist the tides of decay, development and discrimination.
An extra 3.6 years in a classroom can reduce your heart disease risk by a third.
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A new study has established a cause and effect relationship between years of education and heart disease.
Around 100 coffee shops known as café con piernas – coffee with legs – operate within a five-kilometre radius of the Santiago CBD.
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Coffee and sex are both highly marketable commodities. But who would have thought that the capital of one of Latin America’s most socially conservative countries would combine them in its cafes?
At present, the Middle East and North African region contains 7% of the world’s population but only has access to 1.5% of its renewable freshwater supply through rainfall.
Happy at the helm: Robert and Grace Mugabe.
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Guam’s trees are in trouble, thanks to the accidental release of a snake species 70 years ago, which has killed off many of the bird species that are vital for the health of the island’s forests.
Cutting off the Maduro regime’s cash flow won’t help the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, where hunger, poverty and sickness are deepening the nation’s plunge into chaos.
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New US sanctions against Venezuela deliver a clear condemnation of the Maduro regime’s authoritarian maneuvering but overlook two key problems: Russian meddling and the humanitarian crisis.
A photographer’s rendition of the neo-Nazi milk fetish. Milk has been a symbol for Nazis for decades.
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For mapping patterns of plant invasion from the sky, understanding plant behaviour on the ground and using it along with remote sensing cameras, is crucial.
The leaders of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa alliance.
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Recent federal changes to password-strength guidelines echo the findings of research we’ve been doing. It’s time to think differently about what makes a password secure.
A protest in Rome on August 26 after violent evictions from Piazza Indipendenza.
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The future direction of the Chinese Communist Party will be decided at this year’s National Congress. The leader may not change but there are key roles up for grabs.
Inspiration can come when we least expect it.
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Michał Filipiak, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University
Bees need pollen to survive and grow, but not all plants can provide the right mix.
Harvard’s recent CRISPR experiment isn’t just a new frontier for science – it’s also a new take on how we conceive of human history.
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The CRISPR gene-editing technique raises new questions about how we measure time and conceptualise history. Here, a cultural theorist takes on the philosophical side of this scientific breakthrough.
Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore