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GONGOs returning in force in Russia today
By Paul Goble GONGOs – “government organized non-governmental organizations” – are increasingly being used by the powers that be in Russia to elbow aside genuine NGOs just as they did in the late Soviet period, thus contributing...
Water is a human right, UN says
With a clear majority vote, the United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to make access to water a basic human right. Access to clean drinking water is now an official basic human right - just like the right to food and the right to...
Scientists discover third prehistoric human relative
By Jessica Berman Scientists have discovered a previously unknown prehistoric human relative to migrate out of Africa, in addition to Neanderthal and modern human ancestors. Researchers say they have a lot more to learn about the creature they call...
Cow gene may hold human infertility clues
U.S. scientists have identified a gene that controls embryo development in cows and that might provide clues as to the cause of human female infertility. Michigan State University researchers led by Associate Professor George Smith discovered the...
Sounds influence what we believe we see
U.S. researchers have discovered the human brain analyzes what we hear and uses that information to influence what we see. Northwestern University graduate student Eric Smith, along with Professors Marcia Grabowecky and Saturo Suzuki, asked study...
Medical journals join to fight poverty
More than 200 medical and scientific journals from 34 nations, including the United States, are joining to fight poverty and champion human development. The publications, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, are simultaneously...
New way to detect ash size health danger
A Durham University expert in England has devised a rapid and cheap way of estimating the potential risk posed to human health by volcanic ash. Dr. Claire Horwell developed a new sieving technique that analyzes the grain size of volcanic ash to determine...
Banked blood losses are identified
U.S. studies have determined human blood begins to degrade nearly immediately after it is donated to a blood bank. Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center said they found blood quickly begins to lose a key gas -- nitric oxide -- that opens...
Britain may relax rules on human hybrids
The British health minister has given scientists permission to create embryos that mix human and animal genetic material. Health Minister Dawn Primarolo has submitted a revised bill that also liberalizes rules on “savior siblings,” children...
117,000 Ukrainians Victims Of Human Trafficking
A new reports says more people from Ukraine have been trafficked abroad for forced labor and prostitution than from any other former Communist country, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reported. In a report released on February 19, the International Organization...
