Rural Women’s Access to Health in Afghanistan: “Most of the time, we just don’t go” Since the return of the Islamic Emirate, Afghanistan’s already fragile healthcare system has deteriorated, with stark inequalities for women and rural populations. The system faces a severe lack of fu...

AAN looks into rural women’s access to health in #Afghanistan finds stark inequalities for #women and rural populations and finds limited resources and the Emirate’s restrictions on women mean the population’s health is hanging in the balance. #WomenRights bit.ly/4iXojuc

Scientists Devise Game-Changing Way to Extract Lithium From Salt Lakes As global demand for lithium skyrockets, this newly devised method could be a huge boon for lithium production.

As global demand for lithium skyrockets, a newly devised method of extracting it from salt lakes could be a huge boon for production. bit.ly/4bRTwg5

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Deepening Discrimination: A dossier of reports about Afghan women We last published a dossier of reports about women in July 2021, just before that momentous event for Afghanistan, the collapse of the Islamic Republic and re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate. Tho...

Our latest dossier reveals the challenges Afghan women & girls face every day under the Emirate. As restrictions tighten, their struggles intensify. Dive into our reports and see how these policies mark a drastic shift. #Afghanistan #WomenRights
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BREAKING CROSSPOST: Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief Byline Times has crashed due to a DDOS attack and the original story blocked: a former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman

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Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief

A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/breaking-c...

The Long Flight to Teach an Endangered Ibis Species to Migrate Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking efforts. A scientist’s attempt to try to save one endangered ibis species demonstrates how dire the situation has become.

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“I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which we live except by an entirely new road, unlike anything hitherto known or used by us ...”

~ P.D. Ouspensky.

“Doctors either don’t diagnose, or do so inaccurately, because they’ve failed to consider a very common root cause of human suffering and the source of many physical symptoms—namely, psychological stress.” bit.ly/3DtGaai

The best nature stewards, David Sobel, MD, suggests, may be those who see themselves not as intruders and interlopers, but as a crucial part of the ecosystems that they wish to protect. bit.ly/3YoQI34

Drill, baby drill? Trump policies will hurt climate ― but US green transition is underway Market forces could undercut the administration’s plans to increase the use of fossil fuels such as oil and petrol.

Higher greenhouse-gas emissions, fewer jobs and dirtier air that kills more people: researchers have plugged Trump’s energy and climate policies into their models, and early results suggest far-reaching consequences for health, the economy and the planet.

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Polio Cases on the Increase in Afghanistan: How is the Emirate handling immunisation? After pausing the roll-out of the vaccination programme twice last year, the Islamic Emirate finally restarted polio vaccination for under-fives in late October 2024. However, it has restricted delive...

After a ten-week pause in the autumn, #polio vaccinations in #Afghanistan resumed, but they're no longer door-to-door. Parents have to bring children to centres and that is causing problems, given many mothers can't leave home unaccompanied.
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Denise Nessel’s book, 'Awakening Young Minds', presents a range of perspectives on education from writers as diverse as Leo Tolstoy, Howard Gardner, Elaine Landau and others—all concerned with the development of inquiring minds and critical thinking abilities. bit.ly/4jx2wLj

R.F.K. Jr., in His Own Words: Flu, Diabetes, Autism and More Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, doesn’t just hold fringe views on vaccines. We fact-checked five recent statements.

At Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings, senators are expected to question him closely about his controversial views on vaccines. However, he doesn’t just hold fringe views on vaccines. We fact-checked five recent statements.

Transcendence: Activating Our Brains’ Latent Capacities Transcendence is the activation of an alternate cognitive process, embryonic in all of us, and which involves shifting our conscious perception.

Transcendence is the activation of an alternate cognitive process, which involves shifting our perception towards a higher organization. Certain religious and spiritual traditions provide a few hints of how this this expanded capacity might be developed. bit.ly/40ShIuQ

New study exposes 15+ years of coordinated climate denial & delay by oil, plastics, & agrichem giants. These industries profit while fueling the #ClimateCrisis & undermining science. Demand transparency, accountability, real climate action from govts, corporations, social media… 🧪🌏🌱 #ActOnClimate

BBC Sounds - Crime Next Door - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of Crime Next Door on BBC Sounds.

Crime Next Door is a terrific podcast series on BBC Sounds, which I highly recommend- their recent series on the Salisbury Poisonings has been fascinating.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

The world’s greatest record stores FT writers and editors share their go-to venues for their vinyl fix

The world’s greatest record stores

https://www.ft.com/content/e1dc941f-b366-4199-a03f-f6bf2e1b77bb

AI-designed proteins tackle century-old problem — making snake antivenoms Machine learning has supercharged the field of computational protein design.

Proteins designed using AI can block the lethal effects of toxins delivered in the venom of cobras, adders and other deadly snakes

https://go.nature.com/3E1jvVK

That a certain kind of tale or narrative can function as a vital instrument is generally not an idea that we’ve permitted ourselves to consider. bit.ly/3ADe0I0

We all possess a nascent, intuitive sense that is the basis of an expandable consciousness, and which is sometimes called “wisdom,” “direct perception,” or “seeing God.” Our collective future may depend on its development. bit.ly/3PDn9I0

Maha Kumbh Mela: World’s Largest Gathering Begins in India About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe are expected to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s biggest display of unity.

Hundreds of millions of Hindu pilgrims are convening this week in what is expected to be the world’s largest gathering, where a staggering number of devotees, tourists, politicians and celebrities take sacred dips at the convergence of two holy rivers in India.

One of the most startling findings of modern science is that we don’t experience the world as it is, but as a virtual reality. It is an understanding that is crucial to so many disciplines, and to grasping a core aspect of our human condition. bit.ly/3WjIGZY

A Stargazers’ Guide to Watching the Full Moon Pass Mars and the a New Come On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s closest approach to the sun.

On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s closest approach to the sun.

How the brain cleans itself during deep sleep Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ.

Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ

https://go.nature.com/3PwtwN2

James Turrell’s quest to build the most ambitious artwork of our time At 81, the artist will unveil new work around the world — but all roads lead back to his majestic Roden Crater Project

James Turrell’s quest to build the most ambitious artwork of our time

https://www.ft.com/content/a038a4f5-74ce-49ae-ab86-579ea259a536