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It might be the most coveted quarantine baking prize: sourdough. But did you know that there is a sourdough library?
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Puratos Center for Bread Flavor, located in the Belgian village of St. Vith, is home to the world’s most extensive collection of sourdough starters.
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Almeida first identified the coronavirus in 1964, but her work in the field of virology has gone largely uncelebrated. 13 years after her death, the COVID-19 pandemic has made her work more relevant than ever.
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Scottish virologist June Almeida was a pioneer of virus imaging. But she also played a pivotal role to identify the first human coronavirus — the same type of virus with tiny spokes as SARS and...
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Dangerous algae blooms are a slow-motion crisis but largely manmade — and neither the federal government nor states are effectively cracking down on the major contributor. This story from our partners at @publicintegrity and @grist
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Voluntary fixes for the growing — and global — hazardous algae problem aren’t working.
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.@PortadosFundos was spared from censorship for the time being, but the attack and the court cases have called into question the limits of freedom of speech in Brazil.
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The attack against the Porta dos Fundos sketch comedy troupe rattled the country, especially those who are concerned that a growing movement of conservative extremism has found fertile ground in...
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During a debate that finally wrapped up near 2 a.m. on Wednesday, 13 hours after it started, senators rejected on party lines, 53-47, four motions from Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to subpoena records and documents
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The US Senate will hear opening arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Wednesday, beginning up to six days of presentations on the question of whether Trump should be removed from...
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The US Senate begins its impeachment trial of President Donald Trump today at 1pm. Watch the proceeds streaming live here.
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Alyona Alyona's music looks at girls and their place in society — girls who are bullied because they’re different, or face abuse for their weight or their style. She is one of Ukraine's No. 1 rappers. LISTEN to her story by The World's @OfmanDaniel.
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When Alyona Savranenko turned 12, hip-hop found her in a small rural village. Now Savranenko, a former kindergarten teacher, is one of the top artists in Ukraine.
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In 1953, the CIA helped orchestrate a coup laying the groundwork for hostilities between the US and Iran. But in 1967, it was the US that gave Iran a nuclear reactor and weapons-grade enriched uranium fuel. Here's a look at the long, complex relationship.
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Despite some periods of cooperation, the US and Iran have long been in conflict. Here's a brief timeline of major events in US-Iranian relations.
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The House of Representatives will take a historic vote to impeach the 45th president of the United States on charges of abusing his office and obstructing a congressional probe. Here is a timeline of the key events of the impeachment inquiry.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump in late September. This timeline tracks how the investigation is proceeding.
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In Zimbabwe, midwives often ask pregnant mothers to bring their own spirits, razor blades, gloves and lights. The 3-month doctors and nurses' strike has crippled an already-deteriorating health care system.
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As more doctors and nurses go on strike in Zimbabwe, free public hospitals have been severely understaffed or shut down, forcing more pregnant women to turn to informal, "backyard" maternity wards.
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One estimate is that 40% of US aid to Afghanistan since 2001 has been pocketed by officials, gangsters, and warlords, drug lords and insurgents.
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Corruption played a toxic and central role in hampering the United States' efforts in Afghanistan from day one. Sarah Peck, a lawyer and former diplomat who served as the anti-corruption officer at...
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.@Aramco’s financial data shows it made $111 billion in 2018. That’s more than what J.P. Morgan Chase, Google-parent Alphabet, Facebook and Exxon Mobil made combined.
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The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, also known as Saudi Aramco, is offering 1.5% of the company in an initial public offering on the Saudi stock exchange.
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With a growing population crisis and technically an ongoing war with North Korea, South Korea may start to forcibly conscript more overseas Koreans.
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Last year, South Korea had roughly 599,000 troops in its armed forces, but the supply of able-bodied males are expected to halve within the next decade.
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The decision to punish Russia with a ban was unanimous. It showed the agency's determination to act resolutely to tackle the Russian doping crisis
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Russia was banned from the world's top sporting events for four years on Monday, a period that includes the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, for tampering with...
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The high rates of "superbugs" found at Middle Eastern field clinics offer grisly reminders of warfare in the pre-antibiotic era, and the thousands of soldiers who endured trench foot, typhus and trench fever in World War I.
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