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    More than memories: Digital archives are preserving refugee cultures

    Jul 08, 2021 4 minutes

    Other technologies spotlighted this week include an online calculator that may help curb illegal gold mining and a means for investigating child abuse.

    1. United States

    The first fully flushable, biodegradable pregnancy test has reached online shelves. Americans buy an estimated 20 million at-home pregnancy tests every year. Those tests have been accumulating in landfills since they entered the market in the 1970s, and today’s tests are mostly unchanged since the late 1980s. Developed over six years by a women-led team, Lia is part of a broader push to re-imagine and destigmatize menstrual and pregnancy products.

    The thin, hourglass-shaped pregnancy test is FDA approved and works very much like other urine-based tests, showing a single line for negative resultsGreen Queen, Philadelphia Magazine, Harvard University, The New York Times

    2. Brazil3. United Kingdom4. Zimbabwe5. AustraliaWorld

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