Walking Evening News: Lunar soil can grow plants🌕
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The results of the Philippine general election were released. The president and vice president of "Marcos' son + Duterte's daughter" both won record-breaking votes. When many media described the election as "authoritarian restoration" and "democratic regression", Southeast Asia Regional researcher Wen Kandi, from the perspective of the internal ethnic groups and regions of the Philippines, introduced the relationship between the Philippine political families based on the hilltops and competing with each other, as well as the historical complex of different ethnic groups in the north, central and southern parts of the country, how to create a situation in which liberal forces are declining, and recommends the weekend Favorite reading↘️
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Global Hotspot
The Covid-19 epidemic has ravaged the world for more than two years. The United States and the European Union have recently reached the tragic milestone of 1 million and 2 million deaths respectively. North Korea, which has always adhered to the myth of "zero diagnosis", admitted for the first time that there were confirmed cases in the country, and the whole country entered "the most serious emergency." Since the end of April, the state media KCNA reported on the 13th that an outbreak of "unexplained fever" has occurred nationwide. A total of 350,000 cases of fever patients have been reported, and one confirmed case of Omicron BA.2 has been reported among 6 deaths.
The Pyongyang authorities also released the first video of leader Kim Jong-un wearing a mask to preside over a meeting. North Korea is the only country in the world that has not implemented any Covid-19 vaccination program (the other country is Eritrea, an East African country), and it also lacks medical resources. With testing equipment, the public faces a huge risk of immunity. Although the government has ordered a strict blockade across the country, it fears that North Korea's economy, already devastated by United Nations sanctions and closed borders, will be seriously injured again.
out of gender
According to the draft legislation disclosed by the Spanish media, Xiguo intends to provide sick leave for women suffering from severe menstrual pain, and can take three days of menstrual leave per month (up to five days in the case of severe enough to be unable to work), but must hold Doctors have certified that it is not suitable for women with mild menstrual pain symptoms.
If the bill is passed by Congress, Spain will become the first country in Europe to legislate for menstrual leave; in addition, the bill also includes ending the excise tax on menstrual products, abolishing the three-day "reflection period" for the current abortion procedure, and stipulating that all All public hospitals are required to provide abortion services (individual medical practitioners may refuse to perform them on religious grounds).
[Extended reading] The revolution in the underwear: the history of menstruation 🩸
I can't just see
Have you readers also been washed by the "doughnut" image that resembles the black hole at the center of the Milky Way? Let's go and share with you/you another new discovery in exploring the universe - a study in the United States used the lunar soil samples brought back by the Apollo program astronauts half a century ago, and found that earth plants can indeed take root and sprout in the lunar soil 🍃
The researchers chose to experiment with the adaptable and easy-to-grow Arabidopsis thaliana, although the plants successfully germinated and developed leaves that were stunted, similar to plants grown in harsh environments such as excessive salt and heavy metal exposure. The moon isn't the best environment for growing plants, but it's still a big step forward for the future of space agriculture.
Quote of the Day
"You have to work extra hard to be accepted for who you are." - Bolor-Erdene Battsengel, State Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Development of Mongolia on the situation of young women in leadership positions 🇲🇳
In 2020, Bolor-Erdene Battsengel was stopped by guards as she walked into the Capitol for work and asked if she was an assistant or a cleaner, but she was neither—Bassengel, 29, was The youngest cabinet member of the Mongolian government, with the important responsibility of leading the country's digital transformation.
Bassenger, from a small prairie town, completed his university studies at the age of 18 and then went to Oxford to further his studies. After working in the World Bank and the United Nations, he gradually entered the core of the government. In 2020, she assisted Mongolia in launching the "E-Mongolia" platform, which digitized 650 government services such as company registration and obtaining a driver's license—critical in the vast country of Mongolia—and was selected as this year's Time Magazine New A member of NEXT GENERATION LEADERS .
At the same time, Basenger is also committed to creating a more inclusive environment for women. She founded the "Girls for Coding" training camp in Mongolia last year to provide rural girls with laptops and training courses, hoping that they will enter the workplace in the future It doesn't have the same problems as her: "The digital divide is the new inequality .
[Extended reading] Interview with Professor Chen Qianyu of National Taiwan University: Using artificial intelligence to build a genetic database in Taiwan👩🔬
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