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Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people of the East African coast
The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilisation is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, …
PTI
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A mobile banking service is transforming how the poor transfer money - here's how it works
"Pesa" is Swahili for money. The Kenyan service provider Safaricom launched M-Pesa in the East Afri…
Chris Weller
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Elon Musk awards $10 million prize to 2 startups replacing teachers with tech
Musk also has his own private charitable foundation. The details on its website are scant. However,…
Mary Hanbury
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Spotify music added 12 Indian languages on mobile app
Global streaming giant Spotify on Thursday announced that it is now available in 12 Indian language…
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The heartwarming moment a chimpanzee mom is reunited with her newborn captured on video
Mama chimp Mahale from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, embraced her baby, and they have…
Bethany Dawson
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Bet you had no idea what the words mean in the 'Lion King' intro song
As the Genius annotations explain, it's notable that the opening of the song is sung in Z…
Jacob Shamsian
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I took 2,000 photos during a 5-day safari in Tanzania, and 1 of those photos is an important reality check for anyone thinking about going on a safari
Most visitors travel to the Serengeti during one of two peak seasons: January through February, or …
Harrison Jacobs
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One of India’s largest telecom provider is trying to launch its IPO in Tanzania — But Tanzanian Government disapproves
The Government of Tanzania — in a letter originally written in Swahili — have objected to …
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Google is a hair's breadth away from being able to translate the entire internet
The complete list of supported languages - including the new additions - is as follows: Afrikaans, …
Rob Price
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An Indian origin student from Harvard and his team translating Covid-19 into 30 languages
A team led by a first-year Indian-American medical student from the Harvard Medical School has laun…
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4 Reasons Solitary Confinement Is Unconstitutional
In the Pelican Bay solitary unit, prisoners spend 22.5 to 24 hours a day in an 80-square-foot, conc…
Christina Sterbenz
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OpenAI announces new AI model 'GPT-4' that accepts image, text inputs
Microsoft-owned OpenAI has announced its new large multimodal model "GPT-4" which accepts image and…
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Research finds complaining to bus drivers could prevent traffic deaths
Over the last eight years, Georgetown University researchers have found one of the cheapest, most e…
Chris Weller
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This incredible vertical farm skyscraper could feed an entire town
Designed by Polish architects Pawel Lipiński and Mateusz Frankowski, the tower would grow produce o…
Leanna Garfield
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20 years ago, a female gorilla saved a child who fell into her zoo enclosure
On August 16, 1996, Chicago's Brookfield Zoo had a similar scene. A toddler fell 15 feet into a hab…
Jacob Shamsian
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Live Results: Democrat Elissa Slotkin defeats Republican Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th District US House election
Slotkin was one the Democrats who, in 2018, flipped seats in districts that Trump won in 2016. She …
Hanna Kang
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A resort in Costa Rica has tent suites that come with private porches and panoramic views of the ocean
Kasiiya Papagayo is an eco-friendly beach resort in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, where guests can snorke…
Zoë Ettinger
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Rep. Elissa Slotkin faces off against Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th Congressional District election
Slotkin worked in foreign policy positions under George W. Bush and Barack Obama and seeks to hold …
Hanna Kang
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A brown spotless giraffe was born at a zoo in Tennessee and it's likely the first one in 50 years
"What the birth does show is, in some ways, how little we know about animals," giraffe expert Fred …