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8TB of public domain and openly licensed text • 30 items • Updated • 22
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1 | 2021 was a critical year for climate. 2022 will be even bigger - 360
Emma Shortis
Published on December 13, 2021
Even if the promises made at COP26 were implemented, it won’t be enough to stop catastrophic warming. 2022 is a chance to take climate action a step further.
By Emma Shortis, RMIT University
2021 was a criti... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on December 13, 2021 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/2021-was-a-critical-year-for-climate-2022-will-be-even-bigger/",
"author": "Emma Shortis"
} |
2 | 360 Wireframe - 360 | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | null | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/360-wireframe/",
"author": null
} |
3 | Seven ways to stop a species wipeout - 360
Charis Palmer, Chris Bartlett
Published on December 16, 2022
Biodiversity is at a crucial point and pressure is growing on the international community to commit to new goals to protect it.
There is mounting evidence the world is experiencing its largest loss of life since the ... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on December 16, 2022 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/7-ways-to-help-stop-a-species-wipeout/",
"author": "Charis Palmer, Chris Bartlett"
} |
4 | A bad wrap? Using packaging well to reduce food waste - 360
Tammara Soma
Published on June 15, 2022
Vast amounts of food are sent to landfill. But the jury’s out on whether packaging is friend or foe in the fight against the problem.
Sown, watered, raised, harvested – and dumped. Food wasted in the agricultural powerho... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on June 15, 2022 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-bad-wrap-using-packaging-well-to-reduce-food-waste/",
"author": "Tammara Soma"
} |
5 | A bricks and mortar approach to fighting modern slavery - 360
Tracey Dodd, James Guthrie, John Dumay
Published on November 21, 2022
The nature of the construction industry makes it very vulnerable to modern slavery. Addressing the problem will take more than just legislation.
Issues seen with the construction of stadiu... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on November 21, 2022 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-bricks-and-mortar-approach-to-fighting-modern-slavery/",
"author": "Tracey Dodd, James Guthrie, John Dumay"
} |
6 | A cat in the house saves the birds in the bush - 360
Sarah Legge
Published on March 7, 2022
Cats are skillful hunters. In Australia, public campaigning and local government regulation are helping to keep wildlife and domestic cats safer.
In suburban Australia, a cat sits in a window, gazing indolently through the glass... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on March 7, 2022 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-cat-in-the-house-saves-the-birds-in-the-bush/",
"author": "Sarah Legge"
} |
7 | A changing climate is changing the Micronesian way of life - 360
Lauren Hodgson, Nina Lansbury, Gabriela Fernando
Published on July 11, 2022
As Pacific Islanders struggle to survive in the face of climate change, they will need to adapt their traditional ways of fishing to the new reality.
For Micronesian people, seafa... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on July 11, 2022 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-changing-climate-is-changing-the-micronesian-way-of-life/",
"author": "Lauren Hodgson, Nina Lansbury, Gabriela Fernando"
} |
8 | A city's hope, despair and anger on big screen - 360
Kaustubh Mani Sengupta
Published on January 12, 2023
Leading Indian filmmakers Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen directed their trilogies on Calcutta during the early 1970s (Ray: Pratidwandi, Seemabaddha, Jana Aranya; Sen: Interview, Calcutta 71, Padatik). Distinct in thei... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on January 12, 2023 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-citys-hope-despair-and-anger-on-big-screen/",
"author": "Kaustubh Mani Sengupta"
} |
9 | A creative identity crisis in the making - 360
Oliver Bown
Published on April 3, 2024
Generative AI doesn’t like to credit its sources. For artists, that’s a problem.
In a few short years, generative AI techniques have suddenly exploded into a revolutionary new type of creative tool.
Using mere text descriptions, it’s ... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on April 3, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-creative-identity-crisis-in-the-making/",
"author": "Oliver Bown"
} |
10 | A crucial G20 leaders' summit in Delhi - 360
Bharat Bhushan
Published on September 8, 2023
India is hosting its inaugural G20 leaders’ summit at a time when the world’s economy is facing many challenges.
The G20 leaders’ summit in Indian capital New Delhi across 9-10 September comes as the global economy faces major ch... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on September 8, 2023 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-crucial-g20-leaders-summit-in-delhi/",
"author": "Bharat Bhushan"
} |
11 | A cure for cancer? Making sense of RNA vaccines - 360
Samrat Choudhury
Published on May 22, 2024
New vaccines for cancer and flu are among a host of promising RNA therapeutics currently in human clinical trials.
Potential cures for certain types of cancer. A universal vaccine against the myriad strains of influenza. Ne... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on May 22, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-cure-for-cancer-making-sense-of-rna-vaccines/",
"author": "Samrat Choudhury"
} |
12 | A deep dive into the reality of radioactive water - 360
David Krofcheck
Published on April 14, 2023
Japan faced three options with disposing of radioactive wastewater. All were problematic.
When people go for a swim in an ocean they are literally bathing in a sea of natural radiation.
The predominant component of the r... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on April 14, 2023 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-deep-dive-into-the-reality-of-radioactive-water/",
"author": "David Krofcheck"
} |
13 | A job in a warzone or unemployment at home - 360
Manjari Singh
Published on April 29, 2024
Indian diplomatic missions need to closely monitor the security situation and assess the threat perceptions to its communities.
Nation-making is a tough business. Israel should know.
In response to growing labour demand in Israel... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on April 29, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-job-in-a-warzone-or-unemployment-at-home/",
"author": "Manjari Singh"
} |
14 | A new wave of research in the Southern Ocean - 360
Helen Phillips
Published on January 24, 2024
To understand climate change and the Antarctic, scientists need to spend weeks at sea studying the depths. This is what it looks like.
At the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in Hobart, there is a saying that to pr... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on January 24, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-new-wave-of-research-in-the-southern-ocean/",
"author": "Helen Phillips"
} |
15 | A new way to fight sexual violence in conflict zones - 360
Zhi Ming Sim
Published on November 29, 2023
The UN has tried tackling conflict-related sexual violence for more than two decades, but its “add-women-and-stir” approach doesn’t go far enough.
Gaza, Ukraine, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen, South Sudan and the Democratic ... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on November 29, 2023 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-new-way-to-fight-sexual-violence-in-conflict-zones/",
"author": "Zhi Ming Sim"
} |
16 | A night-time ban in Atlanta showed just how much e-scooters prevent traffic jams - 360
Omar Isaac Asensio
Published on February 16, 2023
Shared e-scooters look set to stay in urban centres, with research showing they help alleviate traffic congestion.
They are the latest urban sensation. Shared e-scooters and e-bikes h... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on February 16, 2023 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-night-time-ban-in-atlanta-showed-just-how-much-e-scooters-prevent-traffic-jams/",
"author": "Omar Isaac Asensio"
} |
17 | A one-sided election risks Bangladesh's future - 360
Ali Riaz
Published on January 4, 2024
With the distinction between the state, government and party obliterated, Bangladesh is heading towards a personalised autocracy.
The January 7 Bangladesh general election is set to deliver a victory to Sheikh Hasina’s Awami Leag... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on January 4, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-one-sided-election-risks-bangladeshs-future/",
"author": "Ali Riaz"
} |
18 | A place to breathe in jam-packed Jakarta - 360
Eka Permanasari
Published on May 30, 2022
Jakarta’s high-rise settlements are the most crowded places in Southeast Asia. New community centres provide vital outdoor space for a hemmed-in population.
Older Jakartans would remember the 1963 Lilis Suryani song ‘Gang Kelinci’ ... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on May 30, 2022 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-place-to-breathe-in-jam-packed-jakarta/",
"author": "Eka Permanasari"
} |
19 | A potential debt trap in Nepal - 360
Ramesh Paudel
Published on February 27, 2023
If the government of Nepal is not too careful with debt diplomacy, it might face a similar fate to Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
The deadly plane crash in Pokhara which killed all 72 people on board put the spotlight on the nearby international... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on February 27, 2023 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-potential-debt-trap-in-nepal/",
"author": "Ramesh Paudel"
} |
20 | A potential digital lifesaver for diabetes patients - 360
Srinivasan Ramachandran, Anandhi Ramachandran
Published on January 17, 2024
India is especially well-placed to take up digital therapeutics in the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
Digital technologies and data-driven provision of care are enabling a transfo... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on January 17, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-potential-digital-lifesaver-for-diabetes-patients/",
"author": "Srinivasan Ramachandran, Anandhi Ramachandran"
} |
21 | A revolutionary new weapon in the battle against influenza - 360
Vinod RMT Balasubramaniam
Published on May 22, 2024
Clinical trials of an mRNA vaccine have begun and researchers expect broadly positive outcomes in the battle against the widespread illness.
Influenza kills up to 650,000 people around the world each yea... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on May 22, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-revolutionary-new-weapon-in-the-battle-against-influenza/",
"author": "Vinod RMT Balasubramaniam"
} |
22 | A rose by any other name would be as endangered - 360
Giovanni Strona
Published on March 7, 2022
Without good data and good science, it is not clear how many species we are losing to extinction.
Young scientists dream of discovering and naming a new animal or plant species. Imagining themselves, Indiana Jones-like, ske... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on March 7, 2022 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-rose-by-any-other-name-would-be-as-endangered/",
"author": "Giovanni Strona"
} |
23 | A spoonful of sugar can stop the (fake) medicine going down - 360
William H. Grover
Published on July 27, 2022
The key ingredient in detecting a counterfeit medicine could be in your kitchen.
Pantries everywhere could hold the key to identifying fake medicines.
If you’ve ever taken the time to look closely at a chocola... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on July 27, 2022 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-spoonful-of-sugar-can-stop-the-fake-medicine-going-down/",
"author": "William H. Grover"
} |
24 | A staged election could result in political instability - 360
Bharat Bhushan
Published on January 4, 2024
Democracy is in peril in Bangladesh with elections widely perceived as flawed. Combined with economic woes and social unrest, the country is on the brink.
The Bangladesh general election on January 7 is widely expe... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on January 4, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-staged-election-could-result-in-political-instability/",
"author": "Bharat Bhushan"
} |
25 | A united front in fight against the 'silent pandemic' - 360
Gerald Bloom
Published on November 14, 2022
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest public health challenges of our time, and we’re at a crossroads on how to combat it.
It’s called the “silent pandemic” and kills more people than HIV/AIDS and malaria co... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on November 14, 2022 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-united-front-in-fight-against-the-silent-pandemic/",
"author": "Gerald Bloom"
} |
26 | A VR game to improve ADHD diagnosis for kids - 360
Thjin Wiguna
Published on October 18, 2023
Diagnosing ADHD in children is difficult and often has to rely on subjective interviews. Virtual reality and artificial intelligence could help fix that.
Diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be life... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on October 18, 2023 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-vr-game-to-improve-adhd-diagnosis-for-kids/",
"author": "Thjin Wiguna"
} |
27 | A way for new parents to get better sleep - 360
Meagan Crowther, Bei Bei
Published on February 12, 2024
Interventions are available to help parents-to-be and new parents struggling with insomnia.
Ask the parents of newborns what they crave more than anything and they will usually answer: “A good night’s sleep.”
Yet des... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on February 12, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/a-way-for-new-parents-to-get-better-sleep/",
"author": "Meagan Crowther, Bei Bei"
} |
28 | Aborted revolutions cut across class lines - 360
Ajay Gudavarthy
Published on January 24, 2022
The latest iteration of global protest transcends lines of class and race, but hasn’t always translated to concrete policy change.
By Ajay Gudavarthy, Jawaharlal Nehru University
The face of protest continues to evolve. The e... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on January 24, 2022 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/aborted-revolutions-cut-across-class-lines/",
"author": "Ajay Gudavarthy"
} |
45 | Absent Putin and Ukraine war cast long shadow over G20 - 360
Tom Chodor
Published on September 8, 2023
The leaders of Russia and China are skipping the G20 summit, but their absence — and rifts over the Ukraine war — will have a big influence on the proceedings.
Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t be at the G20 Lead... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on September 8, 2023 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/absent-putin-and-ukraine-war-cast-long-shadow-over-g20/",
"author": "Tom Chodor"
} |
46 | Abused, abandoned, neglected: the plight of India’s older women - 360
Deblina Dey
Published on March 8, 2024
Restoring dignity in women’s labour can give older women the care and respect they deserve in late life.
Amrit Kaur was in her 80s when she arrived in Delhi from Punjab with her son to visit a relative. Her son ... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on March 8, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/abused-abandoned-neglected-the-plight-of-indias-older-women/",
"author": "Deblina Dey"
} |
47 | Access to water is a crisis for the powerless - 360
Prakash Kashwan
Published on March 21, 2024
Fair access to water is an issue for millions of people in India. Who controls access and how this is governed needs fixing.
Almost 100 years ago around 3,000 Dalits, or “untouchables”, dared to drink from a public water tan... | news-360info | 2024-05-27T18:22:32.821463 | Published on March 21, 2024 | {
"license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"url": "https://360info.org/access-to-water-is-a-crisis-for-the-powerless/",
"author": "Prakash Kashwan"
} |
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News
Description
We scrape the news sites that publish content under CC BY or CC BY-SA according to opennewswire.
These include 360info, Africa is a Country,
Alt News,
Balkan Diskurs,
Factly,
Freedom of the Press Foundation,
Agenzia Fides,
Global Voices,
Meduza,
Mekong Eye,
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service,
Minority Africa,
New Canadian Media,
SciDev.Net,
The Solutions Journalism Exchange,
Tasnim News Agency,
ZimFact.
Oxpeckers,
Propastop,
and
The Public Record.
Plain text was extracted from the HTML using a custom pipeline, including extraction of the title and byline to include at the beginning of each article.
Per-document license information is available in the license entry of the metadata field of each example.
Code for collecting, processing, and preparing this dataset is available in the common-pile GitHub repo.
Dataset Statistics
| Documents | UTF-8 GB |
|---|---|
| 172,308 | 0.4 |
License Issues
While we aim to produce datasets with completely accurate licensing information, license laundering and inaccurate metadata can cause us to erroneously assign the incorrect license to some documents (for further discussion of this limitation, please see our paper). If you believe you have found an instance of incorrect licensing in this dataset, please start a discussion on this repository.
Other Versions
This is the "raw" version of the News dataset. If you are looking for the filtered version used to train Comma v0.1, you can find it here.
Citation
If you use this dataset, please cite:
@article{kandpal2025common,
title={{The Common Pile v0.1: An 8TB Dataset of Public Domain and Openly Licensed Text}},
author={Nikhil Kandpal and Brian Lester and Colin Raffel and Sebastian Majstorovic and Stella Biderman and Baber Abbasi and Luca Soldaini and Enrico Shippole and A. Feder Cooper and Aviya Skowron and Shayne Longpre and Lintang Sutawika and Alon Albalak and Zhenlin Xu and Guilherme Penedo and Loubna Ben and Elie Bakouch and John David and Honglu Fan and Dashiell Stander and Guangyu Song and Aaron Gokaslan and John Kirchenbauer and Tom Goldstein and Brian R and Bhavya Kailkhura and Tyler Murray},
journal={arXiv preprint},
year={2025}
}
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