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Kenya’s Lost Girls of Covid Are Fighting to Regain Ground

Kenya’s Lost Girls of Covid Are Fighting to Regain Ground

The pandemic and its fallout triggered a surge in teen pregnancies across the African nation. Now one man is using dance to help young mothers build a future.

June 29, 2022

June 29, 2022

Kenya’s Lost Girls of Covid Are Fighting to Regain Ground

The pandemic and its fallout triggered a surge in teen pregnancies across the African nation. Now one man is using dance to help young mothers build a future.

Kenya’s Lost Girls of Covid Are Fighting to Regain Ground

April 29, 2022

April 29, 2022

Lab-Grown Gems Have Arrived. Diamond Giants Should Worry

As sustainable as mined stones are destructive, Anabela Chan’s jewelry is just as real—and worn by the likes of Rihanna and Taylor Swift.

Lab-Grown Gems Have Arrived. Diamond Giants Should Worry

March 31, 2022

March 31, 2022

Chocolate Is Big Money—But Not for Farmers

African producers are trying to capture more of the profits that flow from their lucrative cocoa crop to European companies.

A Cocoa Harvest And Processing Ahead Of GDP Figures

February 24, 2022

February 24, 2022

Human Hibernation Is Coming, But It Won’t Just Be for Astronauts

The science of hibernation and “torpor” is fast catching up with decades of popular fiction.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11

January 26, 2022

January 26, 2022

There’s a $50 Trillion Industry Making a Huge Bet on Blockchain

The global supply chain may be in crisis now, but someday soon it could operate much faster—and more fairly.

Ports Of Los Angeles And Long Beach As Container Glut Eases

August 18, 2017

August 18, 2017

Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City

Landscape architects help a city absorb water so it can behave more like nature.

Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City