G-20 leaders descend on Buenos Aires as host Argentina battles worst economic crisis in a decade
245 Views November 30, 2018 Be first to comment Robert H. Scott III
Protesters carry a banner that reads in Spanish, 'Property of the G20? Who chose?'…
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November 2018
LGBTQ caravan migrants may have to ‘prove’ their gender or sexual identity at US border
191 Views November 30, 2018 Be first to comment Stefan Vogler
LGBTQ migrants traveling with the migrant caravan. AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd Among the more than…
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Why companies should help pay for the biodiversity that’s good for their bottom line
246 Views November 30, 2018 Be first to comment Joanne Burgess
Like Dr. Seuss' imaginary truffula trees, baobabs are endangered. Dudarev Mikhail/Shutterstock.com In the “The…
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AIDS treatment has progressed, but without a vaccine, suffering still abounds
240 Views November 30, 2018 Be first to comment Maureen Miller
I mentioned to a friend, a gay man nearing 60, that World AIDS Day,…
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How mainstream media helps weaponize far-right conspiracy theories
275 Views November 30, 2018 Be first to comment Heather Woods
Are there invisible forces at work in the world? Grzegorz Zdziarski/Shutterstock.com Once an anti-Semitic…
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López Obrador takes power in Mexico after an unstable transition and broken campaign promises
263 Views November 30, 2018 Be first to comment Luis Gómez Romero
Five months after he won a landslide victory in Mexico’s 2018 presidential election on…
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How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby – and what health worries may ensue
312 Views November 29, 2018 Be first to comment George Seidel
He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong…
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The surprising way plastics could actually help fight climate change
266 Views November 29, 2018 Be first to comment Joseph Rollin
Over 99 percent of today's plastics come from oil, but new bio-based options are…
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Climate change is making soils saltier, forcing many farmers to find new livelihoods
256 Views November 29, 2018 Be first to comment Joyce J. Chen
Experimental field of a salt-tolerant rice variety in Bangladesh. IRRI, CC BY-NC-SA Salt is…
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Swamped by cyberthreats, citizens need government protection
278 Views November 29, 2018 Be first to comment Karen Renaud
The public needs help from officials who can protect and serve. kirill_makarov/Shutterstock.com Most people…