Nature-based solutions can help cool the planet — if we act now

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The Affordable Care Act: where are we now?

Nodding syndrome--we can now prevent it.

On Monday December 21, 2015, an information session was organized by the Ugandan Health minister Dr Elioda Tumwesigye in Pader district, northern Uganda, to explain the results of the investigations performed in Uganda to identify the cause of nodding syndrome (NS). NS was first reported in Uganda in the districts of Kitgum, Pader, and Lamwo in 2009. Retrospective studies would suggest cases as...

We Can and Must Understand Computers NOW

From the endlessly quotable Ted Nelson—whose neologisms pepper the language we use to understand the present, from “hypertext” to “visualization”—perhaps no phrase is better known than, “You Can and Must Understand Computers NOW.” It was emblazoned across the Computer Lib side of his 1974 Computer Lib/Dream Machines ( CL/DM ), the most infl uential book in the history of computational media. 1 ...

Towards an Inquiry-Based Language Learning: Can a Wiki Help?

Wiki use may help EFL instructors to create an effective learning environment for inquiry-based language teaching and learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of wikis on the EFL learners’ IBL process. Forty-nine EFL students participated in the study while they conducted research projects in English. The Non-wiki group (n = 25) received traditional inquiry instr...