(CNN) – When an Indian engineering student visited a traditional brick kiln, he was appalled at what he saw. “My moment of reckoning came during that field trip,” says Abhishek Banerjee, recalling the 2016 visit. “We saw that the workers there were being treated very inhumanely. And the working conditions of that brick kiln were…
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Warming temperatures put women at risk of giving birth early, study says By Jen Christensen, CNN Dec 2, 2019.
(CNN) – Women are at risk of giving birth early due to warmer temperatures brought on by the climate crisis, a new study finds. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that on days when temperatures soar past 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 degrees Celsius), birth rates increase 5%. Births rates are…
A teacher is raising a former student with Down syndrome after his mom died of cancer By David Williams, CNN Nov 21, 2019.
(CNN) – A Massachusetts teacher and her family are making sure that one of her former students has a loving home after his mom died from breast cancer. Jake Manning, 14, has Down syndrome and met Kerry Bremer four years ago when she was his special education teacher. Bremer said that Jake was a “dynamic”…
'Laziness has won': apostrophe society admits its defeat
Organisation formed in 2001 to preserve punctuation mark comes to a full stop A society dedicated to preserving the “much-abused” apostrophe is to be shut down as its chairman said “ignorance and laziness” had won. John Richards, who worked in journalism for much of his career, started the Apostrophe Protection Society in 2001 after he…
Where to see the oldest living things on Earth By Richard Stenger, CNN Updated 2 hours ago Nov 29, 2019.
(CNN) – Who needs new and improved when you can delight in old and perfected? Planet ramblers looking for adventure might consider spending time with these 10 living ambassadors from the past, including a bird with millions of flight miles, a rose that survived an aerial bombing, a tree linked to Buddha, green globules in…
Hands-on training for young creatives at Lagos Fringe Festival
The Lagos International Fringe Festival, which had as theme ‘Creative Transitions’ kicked off its second edition on November 19, and featured a diverse range of artistic works from artists based in several countries within and outside Africa. This year’s edition was designed to enhance the abilities of prospective actors, producers, and scriptwriters by structuring workshops…
This is one place on Earth where no life can exist By Ashley Strickland, CNN Nov 22, 2019.
(CNN) – Life exists in extreme environments on Earth, from arid deserts and frozen tundras to thermal, toxic vents in the deepest reaches of the ocean floor. But it can’t exist on every inch of the planet and scientists have discovered a place in Ethiopia where life can’t find a way, according to a new…
A Boston College student is accused of telling her boyfriend to kill himself. She just made their last text messages public By Nicole Chavez, Anna Sturla and Eric Levenson, CNN Updated 1 hour ago Nov 22, 2019.
(CNN) – A former Boston College student accused of encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself appears to have pleaded with him to “stop,” according to text messages released by a public relations firm representing her. Inyoung You, 21, was indicted on an involuntary manslaughter charge in connection with death of Alexander Urtula, 22, who jumped…
Kenya’s ‘World’s Best Teacher’ gives away 80% of his monthly income to help the poor By Aisha Salaudeen, Earl Nurse, and Briana Duggan, CNN Nov 21, 2019.
(CNN) – In a small overcrowded classroom in Pwani village, rural Kenya, Peter Tabichi teaches his students science. Born in Kiisi, 37-year-old Tabichi is from a family full of teachers. In March, he won the Varkey Foundation 2019 Global Teacher Prize for his achievements in the remote and overpopulated Keriko Mixed Day Secondary school where…
Enforcing the right of every Nigerian child
Dear Naija children, thirty years ago – long before many of you were born – the world came together to write a document that would help to defend and protect your rights. They did this because they recognized that childhood is a very precious time – a time when you must be able to grow…
For heart disease, meds may work as well as invasive surgery, major trial shows By Michael Nedelman, CNN Nov 16, 2019.
Philadelphia (CNN) – High-risk patients with stable heart disease may fare just as well on medications alone, versus having invasive heart operations such as stents and bypass surgeries, according to a major trial. The results were presented Saturday at the American Heart Association’s yearly conference. While the invasive procedures were found to improve chest pain…
Snakes had back legs for 70 million years before losing them, new fossil shows By Ashley Strickland, CNN Nov 20, 2019.
(CNN) – Snake evolution has intrigued scientists for years because they knew that these complex vertebrates once had limbs and adapted over time to live without them in dramatic fashion. But a limited fossil record didn’t reflect how that transition happened since snakes first appeared during the upper Middle Jurassic Period between 163 to 174…
