Cultures
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Kristen Callihan | October 31, 2016
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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Marcus Wade | October 31, 2016
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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Wyatt Redd | October 30, 2016
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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Kristen Callihan | October 29, 2016
The whale wars aren’t over
Sea Shepherd is not backing down in its attempt to save the whales.
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Marcus Wade | October 28, 2016
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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Michelle Honeyager | October 27, 2016
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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Kaitlyn Phillips | October 26, 2016
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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Kristen Callihan | October 25, 2016
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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Marcus Wade | October 21, 2016
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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Kate Wilke | October 14, 2016
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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Kristen Callihan | October 13, 2016
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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Wyatt Redd | October 12, 2016
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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Kristen Callihan | October 8, 2016
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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Wyatt Redd | October 8, 2016
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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Ritika Tiwari | October 5, 2016
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...