What you see isn’t always what you get – The fallacy of eyewitness testimony

Matthew Douglas 10 months ago Region: California

We’ve all experienced this scene in theaters, in a book, or on TV: A packed courtroom, a nervous defendant, on trial for murder. The prosecution team sits confidently, convinced they have effectively made their case.... more

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Wear Cotton Dresses In Hot Summer Days

Madugundu Krishna 2 years ago Region: India

Cotton made dress is cool for body. New models arrive, looking well, for gents. Many attractive fashion dresses are selling in the market.  It is stylish in wearing. Sari wearing is very beautiful to the beauty lady. ... more

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Children Forced to Pick Cotton in South Kazakstan

IWPR 3 years ago Region: Kazakhstan

Parents say schools are sending youngsters into the fields despite official ban on child labour. By Olesia Lysenko in Shymkent Parents in southern Kazakstan have complained to the authorities that children are being forc... more

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The Aral Sea

Julian Worker 5 years ago Region: Kazakhstan

Aral Sea - Sacrificed for cotton   Located between Kazakhstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the south, the Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest body of inland water in the world. Then during the 1960s, Soviet centr... more

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Bt Transgenic Plants do not harm Parasitoids

Rama Kant Mishra 4 years ago Region: India

The ecological study conducted by Mao Chen and other researcher to evaluate the effect of Bt toxins to the parasitoides have shown the initial results that it does have any ill effect on them. Parasitoides are the organism... more

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Egyptian Cotton Sheets: Made From Blood, Sweat, and Child Labor

Can Tran 4 years ago Region: Egypt

There are many that use cotton sheets for their beds. Have one ever thought about where such cotton sheets have come from? There are a good number of cotton sheets that come imported from Egypt. But, has one ever thought a... more

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Hard times for cotton farmers.

Mirza Sajid Bashir 5 years ago Region: Pakistan

Cotton traders have stopped buying cotton from farmers and DAP fertiliser is not available in the market in Muzaffargarh district, Dawn has learnt. Heaps of cotton are lying with farmers but there is no buyer as traders... more

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