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Tree seeds could provide low-cost water purification for developing nations
“In the developing world, more than 1 billion people cannot get clean drinking water…
The United Nations says that dirty water causes 80 percent of diseases in the developing world, and kills 10 million people annually.” Those sobering lines are from the United Nations’ website, and underscore just how urgently needed water [...]
Climate Change: Lush Land Dries Up, Withering Kenya’s Hopes
The Shape of Things to Come?
Whatever happened to the food crisis?
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It crept back
MULUALEM TEGEGN bought a donkey last year. As a hard-working Ethiopian farmer, aged 58, he saw the purchase of the beast as a return to better times after several seasons in which drought and high prices had forced him to sell his livestock and take his grandchildren out of school to [...]
The “Crisis” In Venture Capital
There were no venture-backed IPOs in the second quarter, and M&A deals are down. The last time there were no VC-backed IPOs in a quarter was in 1978. The liquidity drought for venture-backed startups is so bleak that the National Venture Capital Association is calling it a “crisis.” Last quarter there were only 5 IPOs [...]
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