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For 13 years, the Brazilian government has offered its incarcerated citizens a simple deal: read a book, serve less time. This “Remission for Reading” program is now serving as a template to other nations, and prison populations are enjoying similar deals in countries such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. With a recidivism rate of more than […]
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Researchers from the University of Waterloo have discovered that a special form of charcoal is highly effective at absorbing chromium and transforming it from a toxic industrial waste form into the form seen in nutritional supplements. Chromium is a heavy metal that exists in two forms. One form, chromium(III), is a safe micronutrient that our […]
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From England comes a story via Dubai of extraordinary human kindness shown to a man who had lost his wedding ring. Chris Brightmore was visiting family in the UAE in the week before Christmas when a ring that had not left his finger in 51 years slipped off into the Persian Gulf near Jumeira. Diving […]
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