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Academia 2 months ago

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We don’t have to choose between sovereignty and humanity

The debate about foreign assistance is a proxy for a deeper question of whether the state can make fast, clear, citizen-first decisions under pressure.

Editorial 3 months ago

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Rights on borrowed time

The state's disaster response in Sumatra only shows that victims of the floods and landslides have had their the rights to life, health and protection denied during emergencies.

Academia 6 months ago

The high cost of cutting vaccine funding

Rather than cutting vaccine funding, governments should be looking at increasing funds to provide vaccines to the world's most vulnerable children, saving half a million lives and delivering millions in additional social benefits each year.

Science & Tech 9 months ago

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Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet

But several recent studies looking into the same data have found that there is not enough evidence to support such lofty claims, with one scientist accusing the astronomers of "jumping the gun".

Academia 10 months ago

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Earth faces a 'polycrisis': One Buddha is not enough

The multiple crises on multiple fronts we face today requires more than just prayer: All people across the globe need to come together in a well-being economy, where human and ecological well-being are at the heart of development.

Science & Tech 10 months ago

Where are all the aliens?: Fermi's Paradox explained

But given the age and vastness of the universe, a different question has long puzzled some scientists: why haven't we already come in contact with aliens?

Science & Tech 10 months ago

Webb detected strongest 'hints' yet of life on distant planet

There has been vigorous debate in scientific circles about whether the planet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away in the Leo constellation, could be an ocean world capable of hosting microbial life.

Science & Tech 1 year ago

Is life possible on a Jupiter moon?

The Europa Clipper mission will allow the US space agency to uncover new details about the moon, which scientists believe could hold an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface.

FEATURES 1 year ago

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Thriving in the third stage of life

It’s possible to live your best life during retirement, provided you enter it prepared for the two things they say we lose in our retirement years: energy and money.

Science & Tech 2 years ago

Life on 'Death Star'? Saturn moon Mimas has hidden ocean

But scientists said on Wednesday that underneath the unassuming moon's icy shell is a vast hidden ocean that has many of the ingredients necessary to host primitive alien life.

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