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KUMPULA CAMPUS METEOROLOGY |
Rain means pain - and revival
From one person it floods the house to a river, to another it is the salvation of crops. Rain has a very relative meaning in different situations. Therefore, physicists are developing a customizable rain warning system.
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KUMPULA CAMPUS URBAN GEOGRAPHY |
Working-class Apaches of Helsinki
What was important to urban working-class lads one hundred years ago? This is revealed by the place names that became established in slang of the time.
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MEILAHTI CAMPUS INFECTIOUS MEDICINE |
A paediatrician and the heart of Africa
Through the eyes of a paediatrician, Angola at its worst looks very grotesque: witchcraft and lethal meningitis. The roots of many of the country’s hardships come from the time of Cold War when the Eastern Bloc supported Angola’s socialist government while the West supplied the country’s guerrillas with arms.
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COLUMN MIIA HALME |
A better world
Human rights are praised by politicians, columnists, food critics and osteopaths. Yet, as human rights are incorporated into the legal system, they become simultaneously corrupted by the system's problems. Legal proceedings are not about the search for factual truths.
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