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Your food waste can power a thousand (or more) lightbulbs
Life, Published on 27/06/2018
» On a hot afternoon on the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) campus just north of Bangkok, Lukman Hakim walks up to the students' cafeteria to assess the volume of that day's food waste. Weeks of experience help him arrive at an estimate.
NASA's black female mathematicians hit the big screen
AFP, Published on 21/09/2016
» WASHINGTON - During the era of US racial segregation, a handful of black female mathematicians managed to break social barriers and propel the US space agency to new heights - and soon their story will be a major motion picture.
Twitter 'source of all evil': top Saudi cleric
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» RIYADH - The microblogging site Twitter popular among both men and women in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia is nothing more than "a source of lies" and evil, the kingdom's top Muslim cleric said.
Gulf lovers use smartphones to beat segregation
AFP, Published on 28/06/2013
» Jaber and his girlfriend flirt the day away, never wasting a minute to sweet-talk and dream of a future together, but like most Gulf Arab youths they can only do it virtually.
'FaceGlat': Orthodoxy's kosher answer to Facebook
AFP, Published on 25/07/2011
» A new social networking site for ultra-Orthodox Jews takes customary segregation of the sexes online and also bars pictures or ads deemed immodest in ultra-Orthodox society.