culture (general)

Cashing in on women’s health

Women’s health has been sidelined for centuries. But now that women are finally being heard, some unscrupulous companies are cashing in on the movement.

Converting classrooms into an all English-speaking environment takes away children’s opportunities to develop crucial skills in their home languages.

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As a common language, English connects many people. But biases against accents persist with dire effects.

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Indonesia is rich in marine resources, but aggressive overfishing could unravel it all. Could the solution lie in the ancient tradition of Sasi Laut?

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The way we think of fire informs how we manage it. For a long time we considered it physics, but perhaps fire is a biological phenomenon, like a virus.

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