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What if our entire universe, including you and I, could be boiled down to one object: a vibrating string?

What if our entire universe, including you and I, could be boiled down to one object: a vibrating string?

The number of twins born worldwide has been growing for 30 years but may have reached a peak as reproductive technology policies shift to a focus on single births

The number of twins born worldwide has been growing for 30 years but may have reached a peak as reproductive technology policies shift to a focus on single births

A new report finds the social and economic impacts of the Covid 19 pandemic have sent the hopes and dreams of girls in SE Asia and the Pacific backwards.

A new report finds the social and economic impacts of the Covid 19 pandemic have sent the hopes and dreams of girls in SE Asia and the Pacific backwards.

China is one of India's top trading partners, but India has chosen not to be part of China's New SIlk Road. It's not wild about a future in which China leads Asia, much less the world. Instead, India's offering its own investments and vision of a more multipolar world. And with Chinese and Indian troops in a tense stand-off on their contested border, India's strengthening its ties with the US, Japan, Australia and others, to counterbalance China's influence.

On China’s Silk Road is a production of the Global Reporting Centre in Vancouver, Canada, which produces and teachers global journalism. The podcast was created by Mary Kay Magistad, a former China correspondent for US public radio’s The World, working with partner reporters on five continents. The full series is available wherever you get your podcasts or by visiting the Global Reporting Centre podcast project webpage.

China is one of India's top trading partners, but India has chosen not to be part of China's New SIlk Road. It's not wild about a future in which China leads Asia, much less the world. Instead, India's offering its own investments and vision of a more multipolar world. And with Chinese and Indian troops in a tense stand-off on their contested border, India's strengthening its ties with the US, Japan, Australia and others, to counterbalance China's influence.

On China’s Silk Road is a production of the Global Reporting Centre in Vancouver, Canada, which produces and teachers global journalism. The podcast was created by Mary Kay Magistad, a former China correspondent for US public radio’s The World, working with partner reporters on five continents. The full series is available wherever you get your podcasts or by visiting the Global Reporting Centre podcast project webpage.

The Covid pandemic has been marked by the rising power of state governments. Premiers have called the shot on state border and school closures, and led the way in contract tracing and quarantine systems. Will the power shift between the federal and state government be a lasting legacy of the pandemic?

The Covid pandemic has been marked by the rising power of state governments. Premiers have called the shot on state border and school closures, and led the way in contract tracing and quarantine systems. Will the power shift between the federal and state government be a lasting legacy of the pandemic?