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Over two billion people on the planet will turn 60 years old or more by 2050, the Salford Institute for Dementia is one of many centers around the world investigating how health care and robotics can work together. (Photo by University of Salford Press Office)

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Robot laws: to control robots before they control us?

Robotics is shaping up to be the next transformative technology and we need laws to deal with the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence.

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Fiscal Times

Robots: The next industrial revolution

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Forbes

Child poverty report reveals almost two-thirds of poor children are from working families

While levels of absolute child poverty were unchanged between 2009/10 and 2013/14, the proportion living in a working family grew from 54% to 63% as wages lagged behind inflation.

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Huffington Post

How quickly are you growing old?

Age may be just a number, but experts say it might not be the right number to gauge your health. Everybody grows older at a different pace, and aging can begin early.

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Business Day

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Why do we all age at such different rates?

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Extreme Tech

Alternative energy investments higher than reported

The Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) group has made a correction to their initial investment numbers for the second quarter of 2015, indicating more money spent on clean energy than previously thought.

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Green Optimistic

Planning (Indoor) agriculture for the 21st century

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Few US adults meet fruit, vegetable intake guidelines

Less than 15 percent of U.S. adults eat sufficient fruits to meet federal guidelines, however the numbers are even worse in some states, dipping as little as 7.5 percent in Tennessee, based on a new research.

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PHILANTHROPY AND AID

On Philanthropy: 5 lessons learned exploring best giving practices

The field of philanthropy has become more sophisticated and complex. The opportunities for philanthropists to make a difference — for themselves and the causes they care about — have become better defined.

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Denver Post

British government plans curbs on cold-call solicitations

Britain is set to enact new regulations by the end of the year to restrict aggressive charity fundraising tactics that have drawn widespread condemnation.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN human rights experts say China must end crackdown on lawyers

U.N. human rights investigators demanded an end to a Chinese crackdown on lawyers on Thursday after more than 100 people were detained, intimidated or went missing over the past week.

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Reuters

After Iran nuclear deal, CSW calls for progress in human rights

Iran and the group of P5 +1 countries (China, France, Russia, U.S., UK, and Germany), have reached a deal on nuclear and economic sanctions; however, ethnic and religious minorities in Iran continue to face repression.

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Independent Catholic News

Time to prioritize human rights with Tehran

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The Hill

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

ECB agrees to more emergency loans for Greek banks

The Greek bank rescue mission is finally underway, but it is coming slowly. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi announced that the Greek banks would receive an additional €900-million in emergency loans

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Globeandmail.com

Japan parliament approves controversial military bill

As opposition lawmakers walked out in protest, Japan‘s lower house of parliament approved legislation on Thursday that sharply changes the country’s postwar defense policy by allowing an expanded role for the military.

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Huffington Post

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Mass protests in Tokyo as Japan moves to ditch pacifism

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Irish Times

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Aquaculture could face fish meal shortfall as soon as 2016

The $170 billion aquaculture industry could face a shortfall of fish meal and fish oil for feed as early as 2016, and demand could outpace fish meal supply by up to 16 million metric tons in 2025.

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Undercurrent News

UN chief pushes for development finance reforms

Where are developing countries going to find the money to achieve the UN development goals over the next 15 years to prevent mass hunger, extreme poverty, and global ecological catastrophe?

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Polar Bears can’t adapt to lack of food

Despite polar bears’ uncanny ability to survive and thrive in freezing cold water, when the food supply decreases, they appear to be incapable of slowing down their metabolism to adapt.

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Clapway

NASA takes ‘another historic leap for humankind’ with Pluto fly-by

New images of Pluto have emerged after NASA’s New Horizons mission reached the planet for the first time in history. New close-up images show a range of mountains revealing parts of Pluto’s surface that are very young.

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Toronto Star

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In latest close-up images of Pluto, details of big heart take center stage

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Jobless claims in US decrease for first time in four weeks

Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits declined last week for the first time in a month, heading back toward the lowest levels in more than a decade and signaling firings remain muted.

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Bloomberg

Parenting with compassion: On the days it’s really hard

My mother once told me that you know who your real friends are because they are the ones who stick around when things get hard.

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Huffington Post

One boomer’s conscience: Leaving a legacy

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Huffington Post

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

US pushes for NGO’s acceptance despite China lobbying

The United States has launched a campaign to get U.N. accreditation for the non-profit organization Freedom Now, which works to free prisoners of conscience around the world.

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ABC News

Detroit nonprofits working to save city’s jazz history

Volunteers are working to save pieces of the city’s jazz history from a long-vacant building in downtown Detroit. Nonprofits are trying to salvage items from the former Graystone International Jazz Museum collection.

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Crain’s Detroit Business

ENVIRONMENT

Satellites spot deforestation in almost-approved Peruvian national park

Satellite images less than a month old pinpoint deforestation, likely at the hands of illegal loggers and coca farmers, in the Sierra del Divisor Reserved Zone in Peru along the border with Brazil.

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Mongabay

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Conservation involves much more than reducing deforestation

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Scidev.net

Residents admit lead contamination fears as water samples taken at Hong Kong sites

Residents of a Hong Kong public housing estate today admitted they were worried as the government prepared to collect tap water samples there amid a growing scare over lead contamination.

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South China Morning Post

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Spaniard sailors bask in the glow of the setting sun off the coast of Marino. (Photo by Gabriel González)

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