When polio workers came door-to-door in late April last year in his village of simple mud and brick houses, the child had a fever.
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Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025
The hotel’s lobby bar and connected lounge spaces are filled with an impressive collection of African art, from masks to textiles like mud cloth sourced from Benin, the Congo, Ethiopia, and the Tuareg people.
Teams will eventually undertake soil studies and drone-based, multispectral ground sensing to measure potential improvements to soil quality and carbon capture capacity on farmland that uses these techniques.
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Robin Roenker,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
To minimize outdoor pollution during poor air quality, officials urged people to carpool; telecommute; reduce trips or take public transportation; slow down when driving on dirt roads; and stabilize loose soils.
In the earlier days of the public A.I. race, OpenAI seemed to be to A.I. what Facebook was to social networking: a single American product for everyone on earth.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
But officials in this second Trump administration, including the President himself, see it as a waste of an enormously valuable resource given that U.S. coal reserves far exceed those of any other nation on earth.
Key Ingredients: Jojoba seed oil, raspberry leaf extract, kaolin clay, vitamin C, vitamin E
Finish: Natural Finish
Shades: 9
How to apply: Swipe onto cheeks and lips, then blend in.
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Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
Thanks to jojoba oil and a blend of fruit extracts, the formulation is nourishing, effortlessly blendable, and streak-resistant; kaolin clay is a natural absorbent for excess oil, ensuring your product stays put.
Those interactions spring from the rich loam of history and lore that gives the sport its halcyon glow, and from which even a humble amateur game absorbs vicarious grandeur.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
Emerging research suggests that there can be restorative effects to—for example—hearing birdsong, seeing trees, or smelling pleasant natural scents, such as loam or leaves.
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