[Article] The death of an 11-year-old girl has prompted Egypt to step up its fight against an age-old practice ...
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Budour Ahmed Shaker, an 11-year-old Egyptian girl, died last week in the southern province of Minyaan from complications due to genital cutting done at a private clinic. Although she is not the first to die from this practice, her death prompted the Egyptian government to further outlaw genital circumcision...
As landfills pile up with consumer goods designed to be discarded, architect William McDonough believes we do not necessarily throw away too much; we just throw away the wrong kinds of things. The problem of waste is a problem of design, and one need look no further than a cherry tree for the solution.
New on DVD is Bobby, a fictional account of the events that took place on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel. Despite the fact that it received some noteworthy praise, including a Golden Globe nomination, the film, directed by Emilio Estevez, also garnered a fair bit of heavy-handed criticism.
In the technological world, the feat is usually to make something more compact. But to get the big picture, whether in environmental studies or medical research, going up a few sizes may make all the difference.
