Month: March 2017
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ANALYSIS
Women: “The weaker, smaller and less intelligent sex”
“less intelligent”? Joan of Ark, Marie Curie, Indira Gandhi? I wonder if any of those names ring a bell for…
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AMERICAS
Bolivia’s Morales boosts legal coca production
Bolivian President Evo Morales has signed IGNORE INTO law a controversial bill that nearly doubles the area that can be…
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AMERICAS
Illegal border crossings IGNORE INTO US from Mexico drop 40%
Illegal crossings from Mexico IGNORE INTO the United States have sunk sharply in early 2017 after spiking ahead of the…
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LIFE
Social media users more likely to feel isolated, study finds
Social isolation is a growing public health concern. In recent years, research has linked social isolation to an increased risk…
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LIFE
Sex differences in brain activity alter pain therapies
A female brain's resident immune cells are more active in regions involved in pain processing relative to males, according to…
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LIFE
4 ways to battle entrepreneurial depression
Research shows that entrepreneurs are a third more likely to experience clinical depression than their contemporaries who work a regular…
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AMERICAS
Labor Market is key for gender equality in Latin America
For Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC the redistribution of income and rights begins in the region’s labor market.
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Environment
There’s hope in the Amazon
Equally important as reducing carbon emissions is preserving and restoring natural ecosystems such as the Amazon rainforest.
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ANALYSIS
Women: “The weaker, smaller and less intelligent sex”
“less intelligent”? Joan of Ark, Marie Curie, Indira Gandhi? I wonder if any of those names ring a bell for…
Read More » -
Environment
Peace rangers to protect Sierra Nevada
The government and the Arhuac people are working together to protect their ancestral capital.
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