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How ‘temporary urbanism’ can transform struggling industrial towns
What will become of manufacturing towns in a post-industrial world? From the Ruhr region of Germany...
Understanding the amazing complexity of sign language
Most people are familiar with sign language, the system that deaf people use to communicate. What fe...
Caning of gay men in Aceh: not necessarily the exception to Indonesian rule
Recent events in Indonesia should dispel any doubt about the rising influence conservative Sunni Isl...
In space, this is the age of reusability
Big plans are being made in space. Investment banks want to mine asteroids for rare, valuable metals...
In Suriname, an endless refrain: boom, bust, and Bouterse
Recent street protests in Suriname haven’t made many international headlines. Only newspapers in nei...
How a humble cockroach rewrote the history of New Caledonia
Finding an insect species new to science can sometimes be very significant discovery. This is case f...