So-called Earth Overshoot Day — the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that Earth can renew annually — has crept steadily earlier since the 1970s, according to the Global Footprint Network. The group calculates the point will be reached on August 22, compared to July 29 in …
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South Sudan doctor wins UN refugee prize for his “profound humanity”
Evan Atar Adaha’s Maban hospital in the South Sudanese town of Bunj serves more than 1,44,000 refugees from Blue Nile state in neighbouring Sudan, UNHCR said. The hospital’s X-ray machine is broken, but Atar and his team perform nearly 60 surgeries per week in a room with just one light, …
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New Delhi: After British physicist, Stephen Hawking – known for being quite vocal about his thoughts on alien encounters with humans – a theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku has passionately argued that our future lies in the stars – literally. In his new book called ‘The Future of Humanity’, …
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