The lost generation: Children in conflict zones
by The lack of education, coupled with a sense of despair and hopelessness creates the perfect conditions for the radicalisation of refugee children. Without education, refugee …
Day: May 30, 2016
Climate change / Culture / Environment / News / Science
How fracking can contribute to climate change
Leakage of natural gas from drilling and pipework means more methane is entering the atmosphere
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Homeowners kept in dark about climate change risk to houses, says report
Climate Institute says risk data held by regulators, state and local governments, insurers and banks, but homebuyers and developers do not have access to it
Is Oklahoma trying to be America’s least progressive state?
As a budget crisis bites, liberals and some conservatives wonder if rightwing fears over abortion and transgender rights are tipping their state into chaos
Military planning for geriatric prisoners at Guantanamo prison
None of the 80 prisoners are now in wheelchairs and most are in their 30s or 40s. The oldest is 68. But briefings by senior …
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Most voters support transition to 100% renewable energy, says Australia Institute
Polling indicates 71% would be more likely to vote for a party that supported distributed small-scale solar and storage
John Densmore of The Doors: How Obama’s Hiroshima Visit Sparked an Important Conversation With My Kids
Source: Obama’s Hiroshima Visit Sparked an Important Conversation With My Kids Some people in my parent’s generation say that it was necessary and good that …
Early computers as objets d’art
Eye-catching design didn’t begin with Apple, as a new, digitally-aided photography series illustrates
Brian May: ‘All sorts of stuff happens in my workshop’
When he’s not playing guitar for Queen, Brian May PhD is an astronomer and inventor. He talks about his latest gadget – an update on the Victorian stereoscope
What Silicon Valley’s billionaires don’t understand about the first amendment
Some in Silicon Valley have been threatening the ‘uppity’ press with rhetoric about journalists needing ‘to be taught lessons’. That’s not how it works