Space has been militarised ever since humanity could reach it, but with treaties only banning nuclear weapons in space, and tensions simmering on the ground, a second Space Race seems inevitable. Is […]
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Is student debt killing the American Dream?
Student debt has risen dramatically in recent years, leaving many US college graduates unable to buy their first homes. BBC’s Beth McLeod looks at why analysts are concerned about how this could […]
Drug cartels show force on social media
CNN’s Nick Valencia reports on the ways in which Mexican drug cartels use social media.
Which country will join the EU next?
After Croatia joined the European Union in 2013, other Balkan countries are regarded as the next candidates to enter European family. Debating Europe created this infographic which shows the chances of Western […]
Navajo families receive electricity for first time
Electricity is a basic necessity in most people’s lives but one that is considered a luxury on portions of the Navajo Nation. Margie Tso laundered clothes in a tub with a washboard […]
A U.S. concentration camp for calves in Oregon
This story was posted on Indymedia UK: “This is not a graphic pic, nor a gorey one,… though one to make you think where your food comes from. Can you guess what […]
Noam Chomsky | Talks at Google
Professor Noam Chomsky visits Google Cambridge to answer the following questions from Googlers: 1. Your early view of the potential abuse of the Internet as a political medium seemed to convey a […]
Baboon by Naja Marie Aidt
Beginning in the middle of crisis, then accelerating through plots that grow stranger by the page, Naja Marie Aidt’s stories have a feel all their own. Though they are built around the […]
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Abandoned gold mines in Siberia get new lease of life
Siberia and Russia’s Far East hold 11% of global gold reserves. But after the fall of Soviet Union many mines were abandoned. This to be changed soon as new technology that allows […]