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Giga Aims to Find and Connect the World’s Schools

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Connecting every school to the Internet is a monumental challenge that until recently no one had dared to tackle—in part because not all countries can even pin down the location of all their schools. But a new joint initiative from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and UNICEF seeks to fill that gap.

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Elon Musk meets with the President of Namibia to talk Starlink

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” Credit: Dr. Nangolo Mbumba | X Credit: Dr. Nangolo Mbumba | X Credit: Dr. Nangolo Mbumba | X Currently, Starlink is available in a handful of countries in Africa, including Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and, as of Tuesday, Burundi.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. Maria Oden , also a bioengineering professor, founded the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies.

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