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Understanding the amazing complexity of sign language
Most people are familiar with sign language, the system that deaf people use to communicate. What fe...
Is freelancing the future of employment?
Today, freelancers represent 35% of the United States workforce. In the European Union, the rate is...
Twin earthquakes expose Mexico’s deep inequality
Early in the morning on Sept. 16, 1810, priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the bell of his church...
India’s ‘instant divorce’ ban: the end result or the first step in reforming Islamic law?
“Un-Islamic, arbitrary, unconstitutional.” That was the judgement of the Indian Supreme Court as it...
How ‘temporary urbanism’ can transform struggling industrial towns
What will become of manufacturing towns in a post-industrial world? From the Ruhr region of Germany...
Climate and the G20 summit: some progress in greening economies, but more needs to be done
On July 7, G20 leaders will gather in Hamburg for their annual meeting. One likely outcome: another...
How racism hampers health care in French Guiana
Oft-overlooked French Guiana, one of France’s five overseas departments, has suddenly captured inter...
How we used cameras in the sky to track invasive plant species
Pretty pink, orange and white flowers of the shrub Lantana camaraor wild sage, are common in ornamen...
France shuns mainstream political parties: world experts react
The first round of voting in France has concluded, but nerves are hardly calmed. Emmanuel Macron, a...
70 years on, Primo Levi’s If This is A Man is still a powerful reminder of what it means to be human
When he was captured by the Fascist militia in December of 1943, Primo Levi (1919-1987) preferred to...
China’s new anti
Corruption is thought to cost China US$86 billion each year. Widespread corruption at all levels of...