With the introduction of technology in the education sector and several debates about banning smartphones in schools in the country, we need to understand the good and the bad side of the internet. While the world is literally at your fingertips, the same is true vice versa; your data is also at the world’s fingertips.
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In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as buveera is creeping beyond the city. It’s a problem that has long littered the landscape in Kampala, the capital, where buveera are woven into the fabric of daily life. They show up in layers of excavated
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A picture shows the dam at a station connecting the Sebou and Bou Regreg basins near Kentira city on January 20, 2025. Water from the Sebou river is held at a station near Kenitra, treated, and transported via a 67-km underground canal to Rabat, instead of flowing naturally into the Atlantic Ocean. | Photo Credit:
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A firefighter works to control the Black Cove Fire on March 26 in North Carolina, US. Representative image. | Photo Credit: AP Inside a green orb planted in the German countryside is a high-tech aid to prevent wildfires that have grown more common and destructive with rising global temperatures. The installation, resembling a giant golf
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With the promise of newer, cheaper nuclear power on the horizon, U.S. states are vying to position themselves to build and supply the industry’s next generation as policymakers consider expanding subsidies and paving over regulatory obstacles. Advanced reactor designs from competing firms are filling up the federal government’s regulatory pipeline as the industry touts them
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There is evidence of increased mortality and morbidity rates in infected mothers and infants with HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis B. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto In an ambitious goal to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis B by 2026 the West Bengal government, has recently begun a
The NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) snapped a striking photograph of an Einstein ring, a bizarre and intriguing optical phenomenon created by gravitational lensing. The unusual sighting was released to the public by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as the image of the month for March, and it
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SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, for its sixth flight test on November 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: On March 15, Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, announced on X that an uncrewed Mars landing mission will take place by the end of next year. The
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