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Harris started ‘like a rocket’ in Michigan. Now she’s slipping
Marcie Paul is nervous. A Democratic activist, Ms Paul has been knocking on hundreds of strangers’ doors, making phone calls and sending out flyers, all in an effort to woo people here to vote for Kamala Harris. When Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate in July, Ms Paul was hopeful, as she…
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The placentas fuelling hospital kitchens in Nepal
The burning of medical waste poses a serious health and environmental danger. Hospitals in Nepal have started turning this hazardous waste into cooking gas. Hospital staff close to the incinerator complained of persistent coughs, breathing difficulties, headaches, sore eyes and rashes. The black, noxious smoke that poured out of its chimney wafted in through the…
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Pre-eclampsia: The deadly mystery scientists can’t solve
The condition causes more than 70,000 maternal deaths every year – but its causes continue to elude scientists. After a glittering track and field career which saw her rack up seven Olympic gold medals and 14 world championship golds, Allyson Felix assumed that pregnancy would be as smooth as her trademark running style. “All my…
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The Véloroute Gourmande: Canada’s delectable 235km food trail
Launched in 2022, the new path threads Québec’s bucolic villages and lake-laced landscapes, passing more than 100 culinary stops from Montréal to Sherbrooke. Once, in 2019 – uncomfortably perched on a borrowed, oversized bike – I rode 42km on a windswept, gravel causeway built atop an old train line that cuts through the waters of…