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Craig Federighi, vice president on Mac Software, talks about the new Mountain Lion software during the Apple Developers Conference in San Francisco, June 11, 2012.

Glossary: Future jobs will prompt us to upgrade skills

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Scientist Erik Szabó, who works for the Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava, features the Bringing World to the Classroom podcast.
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Science in Slovakia: Plenty of talents, minimal support

Little things, not only money, can move Slovak science forward.

This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 6, 2019, was created by combining two images taken by the NavCam 1 imager aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
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Asteroids approach our planet almost daily. Collision is unlikely

New York City flattened in a fictional asteroid impact scenario in 2019. Minor Planet Center publishes all close approaches.

Bluebells, also known as wild Hyacinth, bloom in the Hallerbos forest in Halle, Belgium, on Wednesday April 29, 2015.

Fossil fuels damage forest biodiversity in Europe

European countries need to cut down on excess nitrogen.

An Atlas V rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on September 8, 2016.

Glossary: Science is as wide as the whole universe

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Attitudes of those in power towards Slovak media remain unchanged, TSS editor-in-chief Michaela Terenzani says in the Bringing World to the Classroom podcast.
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Media exists to seek the truth and explanations

The 2018 Kuciak murder and COVID-19 have changed Slovak media.

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A survey has shown the tabloid Nový Čas was the most read daily of 2019.
Facebook said on April 16, 2020, it is going to let users know if they liked, reacted or commented on posts with harmful misinformation about the coronavirus that moderators later removed. Facebook says it will also direct people who engaged with those posts to information about virus myths debunked by the World Health Organization.

Glossary: Disinformation during a pandemic may have deadly consequences

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‘Infodemic’ hit Slovakia as well

Fear and uncertainty are fertile ground for spreading of false content and conspiracies.

A hot spring in the Yellowstone National Park.
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How popular is Yogi in Yellowstone National Park?

Go on an adventure promising wild moments, including a selfie with bison.

Two women sit on a bench opposite an ice-cream parlour in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, USA.

Lana Del Rey and Friends. America makes students’ wishes come true

Mária and Patrícia embraced American culture in summer 2019.

Slovak student Mária Šišková spent her summer 2019 by the ocean in North Carolina.

Work & Travel USA: Will Covid-19 affect the programme?

The programme was created in 1961, reaching Slovakia after the Velvet Revolution.

The Montauk Point Light is a lighthouse located next to Montauk Point State Park, at the easternmost point of Long Island in New York State.

Glossary: Summer is a chance to learn by travelling

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Greta Thunberg followers in Slovakia say local is important

Slovaks still do not fully understand the threats of climate change. Students from Fridays For Future are trying to change this.

More than 100 kilograms of waste pulled out of Tatra lakes

Divers also found an unexploded grenade.

Students skip their classes and come to the Košice promenade to take part in the Fridays for Future protest on September 20, 2019.
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FFF Slovakia: Politicians lack courage to tackle climate change

The movement has a message for Slovakia's next prime minister.

Students partake in a climate protest organised by Fridays for Future Slovakia in Banská Bystrica on September 20, 2019.

Glossary: Climate change worries young Slovaks

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Martin Gierl serves as the Plenipotentiary of the Government of Slovakia for the Civil Society from 2014
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Civil society seen as the best cure to safeguard democracy

Relations between NGOs and the state are not defined by mutual trust.

Co-CEO of the Pontis Foundation Michal Kišša
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Free society: A strong government, businesses, but also a functioning civil society

Co-CEO of the Pontis Foundation Michal Kišša talks about Pontis' projects and more.

Greenpeace Slovakia installs a pan on which the Earth gets symbolically fried on Hodža Square in Bratislava on September 9, 2019

Glossary: Civil society exists regardless of the regime

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