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How space became a junkyard and why it matters | Start Here

As we keep launching more stuff into space, we’re also creating more space junk. There are now hundreds of millions of pieces floating around up there. So how did space become the world’s biggest junkyard? And why is it such a problem? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains A special request from the Start Here team… 🏆 Start Here is up for two Lovie Awards, but we need your help! 🏆 Please vote for us via these links if you’ve been enjoying our stuff… Best Use of Video: https://vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting#/2021/social/social-excellence/best-use-of-video Best Web Personality: https://vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting#/2021/video/performance-craft/best-web-personalityhost Check out our other Start Here episodes https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish […]

Why are schoolchildren being kidnapped in Nigeria? | Start Here

Why are officials in Nigeria unable to protect schoolchildren from mass kidnappings? Kidnappers in Nigeria are increasingly targeting schools and abducting hundreds of students for ransom. #AJStartHere explains #Al_Jazeera_English #Start_Here #Al_Jazeera_Digital_Shows Let’s talk about the kidnappings. Children in Nigeria are being abducted from schools — often hundreds of boys and girls at a time. They’re taken for ransom. Some of them make it home. But many haven’t. So who’s behind the kidnappings? Why are they still happening? And why have the people in charge failed to stop them? It’s hard to get an exact number but around 700 people have been abducted in Nigeria so far this year — most […]