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    A simple nasal wash with mild saline water flushes viruses out of the sinuses and can help prevent hospitalisation and deaths from COVID-19, according...
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    Colombia’s ‘dinosaur of peace’

    Colombia’s 2016 Peace Agreement has led to an unexpected outcome: the discovery of a new species of dinosaur. Researchers now know that, around 175 million...
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    Environmental law

    Ocean Scientists Measure Sediment Plume Stirred Up by Deep-Sea-Mining Vehicle

    A new field study reveals a previously unobserved fluid dynamic process that is key to assessing impact of deep-sea mining operations. Jennifer Chu  |  MIT...
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    Global Governance

    Civil Society Group Calls Out Seabed Authority for Lack of Transparency, Accountability, Participation

    The Mineral Inheritors Rights Association, has voiced concern over the lack of transparency and accountability on the part of the International Seabed Authority that...
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    E-governance

    Using Artificial Intelligence to Protect Maternal Health

    An interdisciplinary team is developing a mobile health platform that uses AI to detect infection in Cesarean section wounds. The mobile platform uses artificial...
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    COVID-19

    ‘Massive COVID-19 Failure’ Sets Back Global Development

    A report by the Lancet’s Commission on the COVID-19 pandemic points to a ‘massive global failure’ that led to COVID-19 deaths and reversal of...
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    Animals and wildlife

    Divorce is More Common in Albatross Couples with Shy Males, Study Finds

    In a long-studied population of wandering albatrosses, females are less likely to stick with a shy mate. By Jennifer Chu  |  MIT News Office The wandering...
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    Indonesia Rejects National Disaster Status as Toxic Haze Blankets Southeast Asia

    ASEAN foreign ministers are expected to discuss the transboundary haze at an upcoming meeting. The episode highlights longstanding regional tensions over the annual haze, which has strained diplomatic relations in previous severe seasons such as 2015.
    E-governance

    Sri Lanka’s Middle Class Shrinks as Nearly 400,000 Households Slide Down Income Ladder, Says Boston Consulting Group

    BCG says that policymakers and businesses alike will need strategies that address both the scale of the rural middle class and the constraints facing households that have slipped downward if the gains of recovery are to become more widely shared.

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    Indonesia Rejects National Disaster Status as Toxic Haze Blankets Southeast Asia

    ASEAN foreign ministers are expected to discuss the transboundary haze at an upcoming meeting. The episode highlights longstanding regional tensions over the annual haze, which has strained diplomatic relations in previous severe seasons such as 2015.
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