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Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill
Source: The Conversation – USA (2) [1] Distilling is a way of life in in Nubri, Nepal. Geoff Childs, CC BY Imagine a place where every home has paraphernalia for...
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Warmer temps bring soaring tick populations – here’s how to stay safe from Lyme disease
Source: The Conversation – USA (3) [2] Exposure to ticks can be a downside to spending time in the woods. skaman306/Moment via Getty Images Spring’s warmer weather lures people outdoors...
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We found a lost copy of the earliest surviving English poem in a medieval manuscript in Rome
Source: The Conversation – UK Elisabetta Magnanti and Mark Faulkner with a copy of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Courtesy of the authors, CC BY-ND Some medieval texts...
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Fiber’s structural integrity keeps plants strong – and its indigestibility keeps your digestive system healthy
Source: The Conversation – USA [2] Vegetables, fruits, beans, seeds and nuts are all fiber-rich foods. tbralnina/iStock via Getty Images Plus If you’re over the age of 10, the World...
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Working from home in Nigeria: study finds women don’t have much choice
Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] Nigerian women of working age are mostly (90%) self-employed. By comparison, self-employment accounts for less than 16% of employment in high-income countries such as...
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Trump uses assassination attempt to justify his assault on first amendment rights to free speech
Source: The Conversation – UK The Trump administration has called on TV network ABC to “take a stand” after a joke from its late night comedy host Jimmy Kimmel offended...
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The six best Shakespeare adaptations that aren’t in English
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives The future of Shakespeare may well lie beyond the English language. That was the striking message I took away from a talk by translation...
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Eleven types of cancer are on the rise in England’s under 50s – these factors might explain the trend
Source: The Conversation – UK The overall number of cancers in people aged roughly 25 to 49 has risen by around a quarter since the early 1990s. Halfpoint/ Shutterstock Rising...
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Turning crisis into a super campaign: Lessons from KitKat
Source: The Conversation – Indonesia For many business owners, managing a crisis in silence is the default response. Companies generally prefer to deal with the fallout behind the scenes, following...
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Reforms to South Africa’s technical colleges keep failing students and employers: why?
Source: The Conversation – Africa [3] Freepik, CC BY South Africa’s 50 public technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges are, in the main, struggling institutions. In many, throughput...