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Sugar has long played a central role in the global economy. But this lucrative business was also a major driver of both colonialism and slavery. To this day, workers are systematically exploited for sugar production.

This week on the 77 Percent, we follow people who have faced discrimination in their own countries based on how they look. In Kenya, we explore how colonial-era stereotypes about dreadlocks still shape reality today. Then we head to Ghana, where young men are challenging these perceptions. In Benin, we look at how body painting is used to tell powerful stories.

Women represent two thirds of the poor in Asia. Economic insecurity is part of a cycle of disadvantages for women, often caused by discrimination in employment and education. Women in many countries do not control key assets such as the family home, property, or the right to make financial decisions, further limiting their opportunities to break the poverty cycle.

Neutrinos are elementary particles smaller than atoms. Research on them often takes place deep underground and opens new perspectives on the immensity of our universe - thanks to its focus on the infinitely small.

Discover five of Germany's most remarkable UNESCO World Heritage Sites! From King Ludwig II's iconic palaces to the vineyard-lined cliffs of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, we explore medieval urban heritage in Regensburg, the Gothic masterpiece of Cologne Cathedral, and Berlin's Museum Island — home to one of the world's most outstanding museum ensembles.

Targeted assassinations, bombings, unidentified military attacks. Could the longstanding "secret war" between Iran and Israel turn into a major confrontation?

Women represent two thirds of the poor in Asia. Economic insecurity is part of a cycle of disadvantages for women, often caused by discrimination in employment and education. Women in many countries do not control key assets such as the family home, property, or the right to make financial decisions, further limiting their opportunities to break the poverty cycle.

Sperm counts in men worldwide have dropped dramatically in the last 50 years. What could be causing it? Also: determining dolphin sex, breeding ozone resistant rice, and an equation for estimating alien civilizations.