It's a question that psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton (pictured, above) has been exploring for half a century -- interviewing Holocaust survivors, survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, former prisoners of war.
The essence of his message: Tell your story. Tell it to bear witness and use it, if you can, to move hearts and minds and change the world. He told NPR: "It becomes important for most of them to find a way to articulate what they saw and experienced. Otherwise, they can be stuck in their trauma, and stuckness means lacking the capacity to confront or articulate what they had been through."
Doctors in Gaza describe the war's devastating impact on hospitals and health care After the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas militants, Israel has begun air strikes on Gaza. The World Health Organization warns that the health system there is at a breaking point. Pictured above: injured Gazans waiting to be seen at a local hospital.
How to harvest water from clouds of fog Fog harvesting has long been a method of collecting water around the world. As climate change makes water harder and harder to find, technology is making it easier to pull water from the air.
Uganda's startup Asaak, which "finances motorcycles, gas and smartphones for the drivers of the region’s iconic motorcycle taxis known as boda-bodas" -- is now branching out to Mexico, reports restofworld.
The soothing music of Alex Cuba turned an NPR Tiny Desk into a musical therapy session. The Tiny Desk team notes that his Afro-Cuban sound features "a percussive guitar rhythm, the soft scratch of a güiro [a hollowed-out, notched gourd] and a miniature choir." And his sweet and lilting voice.
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