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Some smart ideas to make toilets fit for purpose in Africa’s cities

Every flush by a typical toilet sends about 6 to 16 litres of fresh water to wastewater treatment centres. lchumpitaz/Shutterstock Mooyoung Han, Seoul National University and Shervin Hashemi,…

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Watching violence on screens makes children more emotionally distressed

“Give him a Headshot!” I can hear my sons commanding voice from his bedroom. Scary? He is only playing Fortnite with his…

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BKK and Equinor please join forces to avoid a new Alta controversy

Map: BKK should look offshore for its wind power ambitions and support Equinors efforts to electrify their platforms on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…

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#Unis 100 Years later – on the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour

70 leaders of Allied countries walk down Champ-Elysees to commemorate the cease-fire that ended The Great War. #ArmisticeDay100 ceremonies mark the 100th…

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Kyoto on the path to becoming the Copenhagen of Asia

Most of Kyoto’s narrow streets could become no-car zones. Author provided Brendan F.D. Barrett, Osaka University and Larissa Hjorth, RMIT University Against the backdrop of climate scientists warning that…

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Americans elected mayors who care about climate change

Do events like the Global Action Climate Summit raise the profile of politicians like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio? AP…

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An infinity of waste — the brutal reality of the First World War

A scholar takes a pilgrimage of the Western Front to try to comprehend the loss of lives of the First World War.…

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Kristallnacht 80 years on: some reading to help make sense of the most notorious state-sponsored pogrom

German citizens in Magdeburg the morning after Kristallnacht. German Federal Archive, CC BY-ND Martin Goodman, University of Hull On the evening of November 9, 1938, a Nazi pogrom raged…