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Improved business practices only way to make rural populace switch to less polluting cook stoves: Study

These stoves contribute to climate change through carbon emissions, deforestation and toxic air pollution, which contributes to poor health among users

NBA: New Orleans Pelicans primed for collegiate superstar Zion Williamson after winning No 1 pick in draft lottery

The New Orleans Pelicans won the NBA draft lottery on Tuesday and will have the chance to make collegiate superstar Zion Williamson the top pick on 20 June.

UN report says environment is deadly, but not hopeless; warns there is time to fix problems but 'window closing fast'

Climate change, a global major extinction of animals and plants, a human population soaring toward 10 billion, degraded land, polluted air, and plastics, pesticides and hormone-changing chemicals in the water are making the planet an increasing unhealthy place for people, says the scientific report issued by United Nations once every few years

Nike in damage control mode after US college basketball star Zion Williamson suffers injury following shoe blowout

Nike was in damage control mode after US college basketball phenomenon Zion Williamson suffered a knee injury when his shoe shredded during a marquee game.

Researchers develop high speed quantum encryption to protect systems from common attacks

To fight back against the common security attacks, scientists have created a high-speed encryption system to stop hackers.

52 million year old ankle fossil shows early primates were built for leaping

Our prehuman ancestors were high-flying acrobats as they mastered the task of leaping through the trees, a 52-million-year-old ankle fossil suggests.

Scientists develop Pac-Man like microbot that can capture and transport single cells

Scientists have developed a Pac-Man like magnetic microbot that can capture and transport individual living cells, this may help treat cancer cells.

Pollution is reducing the efficiency of solar panels in some parts of the world, including India: Study

The research also showed that the efficiency of solar panels jumped by 50 percent every time they were cleaned.

US government inaction is hampering economic growth, says Harvard report

As the U.S. economy enters its eighth year of its recovery from the Great Recession, one major factor is slowing its growth: Government gridlock.

Rio Olympics 2016: How Team USA’s fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad 'trumps' racism with a hijab

Amidst the ugly atmosphere of anti-Islamic sentiments in USA, fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is piercing through stereotypes and Olympic history by becoming the first American athlete to compete at the Olympics wearing a hijab.