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Indonesia tempe production supported by smart agriculture

A government-research-industry collaboration in Indonesia is boosting production of a national favourite.

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Conflicts in a river’s revival reveals a way out

After decades of decline, a formerly pristine river with high ecological value in Hong Kong is on the path to revitalisation.

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Tighter financial belts leading to expanding waistlines

Requiring retailers to be involved in promoting healthy options can help people better manage their cost of living.

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Laporan Khusus: Literasi Tidak Hanya di Ruang Kelas

Literacy begins before school and extends throughout a lifetime. 360info considers ways to support access to literacy outside traditional settings.

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Special Report: Affordable nutrition

360info is exploring the evidence on nutritious and affordable food from multiple country perspectives.

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One simple solution to healthy, affordable food

Of the many government-led strategies to promote healthy diets, keeping healthy food free of sales taxes offers clear benefits.

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Non-food crops are eating up our food

The world’s farmers grow crops for food as well as other uses. Those other uses threaten to crowd out our chance to feed the world’s hungry.

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India’s double edged nutrition problem

One in five children in India are too thin, and yet at the same time obesity levels are on the rise.

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Why are sugary drinks still sold in schools?

Soft-drink manufacturers are targeting Africa, but industry-led pledges to reduce the sale of sugary drinks subvert better government-led policy options.

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Sugar tax could boost both health and economy

Taxes on sugary drinks can often improve a nation’s economy, rather than having the devastating impact industry has claimed.

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India’s social safety net offers lessons as food prices rocket up

India’s inflation problem is making hunger worse and attempts to fix inflation may just add to poverty.

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Food aid can be food wasted

Modifying traditional foods for disaster-prone states in India can ensure adequate nutrition for people most in need.

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Measuring the real cost of sand mining in the Mekong

Sand mining in the Mekong is happening far more than officially reported — meaning the damage is far worse. More sustainable options are available.

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India and Pakistan can future-proof their threatened rivers

A shift in perspective can future-proof the Indus Water Treaty.

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New power plans could change the tide

Developing nations in the Mekong have long had to choose between cheap, accessible power and sustainable river management. That may no longer be necessary.

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The world is making the Mekong its dump

Mounting marine pollution is choking the world’s oceans and rivers, especially in Southeast Asia — and it’ll only get worse unless something changes.

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Special Report: Brain-machine interfaces

360info is looking into how far brain-machine interface research has come and what is currently at the forefront of science and technology.

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The ethics of mind-reading

Tapping into someone’s thoughts may soon be technologically possible. Our institutions are ill-equipped to deal with the resulting human rights violations.

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Communicating with seemingly unconscious patients

Brain-machine interfaces can decipher thoughts and help give some coma survivors a voice. But first we must ensure they’re responsive.

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Restoring the ability to swallow using brain-machine interfaces

To address swallowing disorders, most medical researchers look to improving organ function, but these researchers are looking at our brains.

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Seeing emotions just the start for brain-reading technology

Technology that can interpret mood and visualise it using augmented reality is just the first step in a promising new field of brain science.

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Special Report: Questionable care

A doctor in Michigan was last week fined US$775,000 for ordering surgeries that were unnecessary. In one case, he removed a woman’s uterus, cervix and both ovaries because of a threat of cancer, even though no cancer was present.

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Hysterectomies in younger Indian women are influenced by insurance subsidies

Doctors compensated on a fee-for-service basis in India, were more likely to perform hysterectomy surgeries, whether or not they were clinically necessary.

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Not just big pharma: how social factors affect overprescription in India

Increasing use of antidepressants in India stems not only from pharmaceutical company marketing. Social stigma and economics are pushing people to take a pill.

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The untapped potential of effective non-drug treatments

Compiled by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, HANDI is the world’s first compendium of drug-free medical treatment.

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