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Human growth has strained the Earth’s resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognise this and change behavior. His research has found nine ‘planetary boundaries’ that can guide us in protecting our planet’s many overlapping ecosystems.
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Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love and people who had just been dumped.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV infections are more prevalent and doctors scarcer than anywhere else in the world. With a lack of medical professionals, Mitchell Besser enlisted the help of his patients to create mothers2mothers, an extraordinary network of HIV-positive women whose support for each other is changing and saving lives.
Tags: access to healthcare, comicStyle, daily care, day-to-day care, developed world, Doctor Mitchell Besser, drugs, Gail Penney, Helping Mothers fight HIV, HIV diagnosis, HIV/AIDS, Ideas worth spreading, lifeStyle, main blog, manageable condition, maternal transmission, mentor mothers, mindStyle matters, Mitchell Besser, Mothers2Mothers, penneylane, penneylaneonline, rates of maternal transmission, reduce social stigma, support, support of true peers, Ted Talk, transmitting HIV, treatment regiment, turnStyle, VidStyle, www.penneylaneonline.com
The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust ‘charity’ against those who mistrust reliance on the markets. Jacqueline Novogratz proposes a middle way she calls patient capital, with promising examples of entrepreneurial innovation driving social change.
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In an intimate talk, Barry Schwartz dives into the question ‘How do we do the right thing?’ With help from collaborator Kenneth Sharpe, he shares stories that illustrate the difference between following the rules and truly choosing wisely.
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