“What’s it like to be a real life Weki or Femi?” asks the blog for gritty teen drama MTV Shuga. Weki...
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The number of homeless people in New York City’s shelters peaked at 60,670 in January 2015 – and this figure only...
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In March 2012, two graphic designers and teachers living in Tel Aviv, Israel declared their love for Iran on Facebook....
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Submitted by you: Rising global connectivity shows that mobile internet is rapidly becoming a primary source of information and knowledge...
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Data in the digital age data has transformed the way we live our lives, from artificial intelligence and drones, to...
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In the Southern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Chirezi Foundation is helping to bring about peaceful solutions to...
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In the woods of Maine is a US Summer Camp like no other. Travelling thousands of miles from their homes...
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In Sweden up until the 21st century, there was no way to describe female genitalia other than using a clinical...
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GEOCOCO – Geography of Corporal Consciousness – is a form of therapy designed to enhance our daily lives by improving...
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Global Breakfast Radio aggregates local radio stations from across the world, constantly streaming broadcasts from wherever the sun is rising...
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With Google as an indispensable tool omnipresent in everyday life, it’s easy to feel like we have all the information...
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Amidst the mohawks and psychedelic shop fronts of London’s infamous Camden Town, the legendary Roundhouse boasts a rock’n’roll heritage stretching...
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Virtual reality has had a lot of press of late for its role as a catalyst for empathy. And one...
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As far as daunting projects go they don’t come much bigger than overhauling one of the worst performing schools in...
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The Human Rights Foundation is a small operation with an annual budget of $3.9 million, yet it has chosen to...
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Domestic workers’ pay and conditions are among the worst in the US. A quarter are paid below the minimum wage. Few receive...
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Skateistan started in Afghanistan as a "crazy idea" to use skateboarding for empowerment. Now it's opening a fifth school, so more...
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The self-published DIY ‘zine’ has always been the domain of those in search of alternatives. Its DIY nature eschews the...
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An estimated 750 million people worldwide drink and cook with water from a contaminated source every day. Providing cheap, clean drinking water for...
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Created BY 3D computational artist, geneticist and ‘data-friendly Elvis’ Peter Crnokrak and visionary director GMUNK, HALO is a data visualisation software that represents...
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Back in June 2011, civil unrest proved its ability to act as a catalyst for political change and amid bloody...
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Hart Island lies to the east of New York City and is the largest tax-funded mass cemetery in the world....
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Most major voting systems are unevenly weighted, prone to manipulation by and via the media, established parties and corporations, and...
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An online forum with the simple slogan ‘We Exist!’ is providing support for the 2.5 million gay, lesbian, bisexual and...
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As we power forward into the future, many institutions have struggled to keep up. While education has changed the least...
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Today’s highly competitive job market in the UK can make knowing which career path to follow difficult, so gap years...
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Every day, millions of photographs of the same landmarks are captured and posted on social media. As our glaciers are...
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If you could see the world through the eyes of the other, would it make it a better place? A...
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SMS text messages are improving the lives of mothers-to-be and their newborns in Cameroon. The first mobile health platform in...
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Launched in September 2014, the aim of Programá tu Futuro (Programme Your Future) is to enable schoolchildren over the age...
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To give it its full – if unwieldy – title, the Núcleo de Empreendedorismo da USP (Entrepreneurship Nucleus of the University of São...
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Every day, women across the world are insulted, ignored or assaulted simply because of their gender. In 2012 award-winning journalist...
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A new model for democratising software education is forcing top French universities to rethink accessible training. Conceived by a multi-billionaire...
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Head to Zooniverse and you’ll find ordinary people helping scientists to identify galaxies, explore historical records, or in the case...
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Today there is more content out there than ever, but digital doesn’t necessarily equal accessible. Millions of people worldwide suffer...
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