Cultures
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Obama provides continuing military aid to countries recruiting child soldiers
President Obama announced he'd continue to give military aid to several countries in which child soldiers are still...
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These towns have the strangest Halloween traditions
Whether you’re into witchcraft or coffins, or whether you just want to be a part of good old...
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Do our prisons run on slave labor?
America imprisons more people per capita than any major nation. In those prisons, prisoners work for low wages....
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The whale wars aren’t over
Sea Shepherd is not backing down in its attempt to save the whales.
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5 of the scariest places you can actually visit
It’s thrilling to come in contact with something that haunts you and is unforgettable, for better or worse....
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Africa lost 30% of its elephants in less than a decade
We've got to act on poaching before we lose drastically more elephants.
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Creepy old things that have survived to this day
What you probably wouldn’t expect to be preserved in museums are objects like skulls, a giant squid, and...
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How solar ovens are saving energy and alleviating poverty
Solar ovens are reducing the hard work of women and the cost to communities in regions of poverty.
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Miracle ingredient Shea butter isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Shea butter may be in all our favorite products, but the production of Shea butter is downright unethical.
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3-D printing homes can help people in poverty
The technology is being used to build homes that are inexpensive and environmentally friendly.
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Electric car charging stations will outnumber gas stations in UK
A new sign of progress is evident in the UK, where gas stations will soon be outnumbered by...
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Eastern Lightning: China’s doomsday cult
Eastern Lightning is a radical Christian group in China that believes the apocalypse is coming and murders those...
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Climate change is altering Pamir villagers’ sense of time
The Pamir villagers' sense of time has stumbled upon perplexing developments as a result of climate change.
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Four Loko comes to China
After being banned in the U.S., Four Loko has found its way to China, where it's stirring up...
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India plants 50 million trees in 24 hours, and sets a record
More than 800,000 volunteers took part in planting 50 million trees of 80 species. All the saplings were...
