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Warning: population overload

Arts, Culture & Media

the world is hurtling towards population overload, putting billions of people at risk from hunger and thirst. And the global population is expected to keep growing with a predicted rise of 2.5 billion people by the end of the century. How will the planet and its citizens cope with this explosion? Dr. Colin Brown director […]

Stanford professor reveals the art of procrastination in new book

Arts, Culture & Media

Surprising finding on resilience of 9/11 survivors

Health & Medicine

Hunger in New York City

What Happened to Britain’s Stiff Upper Lip?

The World in Words

What We Can Learn From The Resilience Of Trauma Survivors

Conflict & Justice

Studying survivors of 9/11 and other large-scale disasters can provide clues to what makes people mentally resilient.

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Relief Efforts in Japan Underway as Survivors Battle Hunger, Homelessness

Environment

As relief organizations try to clear away the rubble, there’s yet another crisis hitting the country: hunger. Severely damaged roads and broken supply lines have caused food shortages throughout the region.

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Girls Camp: Improving Self-Esteem

The Center for Ventures in Girls Education based in Wellesley, Massachusetts is a program designed to help teenage girls keep their self-esteem. And as guest host Laura Knoy discovered, its organizers believe one of the keys to self- reliance lies in the outdoors. About 30 girls from metropolitan Boston journeyed to Sandwich, New Hampshire for […]

Hunger Roundtable

The 20th Anniversary of the United Nations’ World Food Day highlights the need for continued work in the fight against world hunger. Author Richard Manning and Robert Mwanga, a research scientist from Uganda, join host Steve Curwood to discuss the latest developments in biotechnology and how they will play a key role in the fight […]

Animal Note

The 20th Anniversary of the United Nations’ World Food Day highlights the need for continued work in the fight against world hunger. Author Richard Manning and Robert Mwanga, a research scientist from Uganda, join host Steve Curwood to discuss the latest developments in biotechnology and how they will play a key role in the fight […]