BBC Article: “Kenya pollution: How air sensors are helping people fight pollution” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50647465 The subject of the BBC News article, John Keiti, lives in a part of Kenya that suffers from serious pollution. He borrowed air pollution sensors and set up a system that broadcast the data. As a result a Read more…
Article: Apple and Nike urged to cut ‘China Uighur ties’ “Corporate giants including Nike face growing calls to cut ties with suppliers alleged to be using “forced labour” from China’s Uighur people. Activists have launched a campaign accusing firms of “bolstering and benefiting” from exploitation of the Muslim minority group. The US Read more…
Text: Excerpt from Corinne Mucha’s “9 Signs you are over you ex“ Art RLEs can be used effectively in a TOK essay on November 2020 Prescribed Title #6. Art can be effective in producing and sharing reliable knowledge but there are ways in which it can lack certainty. The content and Read more…
Article: History Leaves 10 Survivalists ‘Alone’ For Summer “10 survivalists are left in the Vancouver Island wilderness and have to survive using what they’ve been able to stuff into a backpack. At stake is $500,000 awarded to the person who lasts the longest.” https://deadline.com/2015/04/alone-survival-series-history-channel-1201410410/ There are a large number of different Read more…
Text: Baby Orangutans Learn How to Crack Coconuts (video) The video shows how baby orangutans are taught certain skills before being released back into the wild. This RLE can work in a number of different ways for November 2020 TOK Essay Prescribed Title #2. First of all, the knowledge the Read more…
Article: Kanagawa prefecture: the tragic landslide experiment in 1971 that resulted in 15 deaths “In 1971, The Science and Technology Agency of Japan undertook an experiment to explore the mechanisms of landslides, which of course are a very significant hazard in that country. The experiment consisted of the irrigation of a Read more…
Article: Woman sues Japan gov’t over forced sterilization under eugenics law “A woman with visual impairment filed a lawsuit Friday against the Japanese government, demanding it pay 33 million yen ($307,000) in damages for forcing her to undergo sterilization in 1977 under the now-defunct eugenics protection law. “I want the Read more…
Article: Canadian rakugo performer enjoys extended theater run in New York “NEW YORK–“Rakugo” comic storyteller Katsura Sunshine is confident the centuries-old form of verbal entertainment can make the whole world laugh. The 50-year-old Canada-born thespian has settled in for a long run at an off-Broadway theater, performing his “Kamigata” (Osaka-style) Read more…
Article: Japan university awards first-ever ninja studies degree “Japan has produced its first ninja studies graduate after Genichi Mitsuhashi spent two years honing his martial arts skills and absorbing the finer traditions of the feudal martial arts agents. The 45-year-old completed the master’s course at Mie University in central Japan, Read more…
Article: Indigenous Ainu university student shares her culture with the rest of Japan on YouTube “TOKYO — A Japanese university student with Indigneous Ainu roots has taken to YouTube to share her culture and language, which she has learned to embrace over the years. Maya Sekine, 20, runs “Sito Channel,” Read more…