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1.The Papua New Guinean protester (@LowyInstitute) PNG's emerging digital generation

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2.Article by Rosa Rubicondior (Rapid Human Evolution) ,the Fore…

1.you get 83mm of rain in an hour

2.the freeway gained a 5 metre deep pothole – across all 4 lanes – overnight

3.you can drive, over the speed limit, or way under the speed limit – and noone will do anything

4.you can drink, and drink, and drink – then drive and have no fear of a DUI or DIC

5.the first thing you do when you get in the car, is lock the doors

6.there is no such thing as a pedestrian crossing at 8pm

7.big rocks are for landscaping, small rocks for…

Is our ability to map numbers onto a physical space – such as along a line – a cultural invention rather than an innate ability? Members of a remote tribe in Papua New Guinea understand the concept of numbers but do not map them along a line, which suggests that the 'number line' must be learned.

Researchers have long thought that the human brain is hard wired to associate numbers with physical space. The idea received a boost in 2002 when it was discovered that people with brain…

Solomon Islands will be receiving a 150 member delegation of Guam artists and performers to participate in the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts in Honiara, Solomon Islands this July 1 - 14.

The 150 member delegation was decided by the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities, a division of the Department of Chamorro Affairs in cooperation with the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts Coordinating Committee.

Guam's presentation at the festival will include a pageantry of performers, crafts…

By Patrick O’Connor

11 April 2012

Between 5,000 and 10,000 people yesterday demonstrated in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea (PNG), against the government’s bid to postpone elections scheduled for June.

The government has issued contradictory statements in recent weeks about whether the vote will be held on time, or delayed for six months, in violation of the constitution. Last month, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill declared that he had “no powers” to defer the…

Here we are, living in a world that has almost no restrictions on communication or infromation sharing.  I can read the opinion and thoughts of an individual anywhere in our world.  I can watch videos of current events from anywhere on the globe. 

We live in a world where the aftermath of any nation impacts the world we live in, even if it is as small as monopolizing the twits we read and post for an hour.  There is not much that can happen in todays world that goes un…

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A Housing Crisis in Papua New Guinea’s Capital is Bringing Social Empowerment to Squatter Communities.

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Rapid urbanization is putting pressure on infrastructure and public services in the urban centers of developing…

We have forums , blog spots and  will add more as time goes on.The site is very user friendly.Play around with it and you'll figure it out.

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We approve members at the start but after that everything is pretty much free.People moderate their own articles and what not.We don't encourage people to blog but if you want to, by all means go for it.I'm thinking of making the blog section a moderated section.

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The forum is free.Also there is a limit to how many videos…

Rocky road ... a lorry navigates a police checkpoint on the Highland Highway, Papua New Guinea. Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/Getty

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I thought it was an accident scene when I saw four or five vehicles blocking the road ahead. Then I saw a young man approaching us waving a 2-kina ($1) note. He saw me in the passenger seat and immediately substituted a 5-kina note. Ruben rolled down the window and exchanged words in rapid pidgin. Money changed hands and we…