By Cynthia Kwakyewah, Course Director in Social Science, York University, Canada
Ghana has a long history of resource extraction that has caused socioeconomic and ecological harm. The mining of gold, stones, sand and salt has displaced people, polluted the environment and destroyed livelihoods. It’s commonly believed that this continues to happen, with impunity.
But recent developments reveal a more complex reality.
As a global sociologist who specialises in human rights, corporate…
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By Maha Khawaja, PhD Student, McMaster University
‘Love languages’ are a popular but misleading framework that oversimplify how relationships work and can even obscure the real conditions that sustain intimacy.
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By Nicholas Marcelli, PhD Candidate in English Literature and Creative Writing, Queen's University, Ontario
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, which exposed hazardous working conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking plants, first appeared serially in a socialist newspaper before being published as a novel.
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By Nathalie Louisgrand, Enseignante-chercheuse, GEM
Bouillons are back! What’s behind the French revival of these cheap and cheerful eateries that started out as canteens for Paris’ hungry, blue-collar workers?
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By Katie Edwards, Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation
Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
From humming and ice baths to medical implants, the vagus nerve is everywhere. But what does it actually do and can you really reset it? Listen and watch the Strange Health podcast to find out more.
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By Salil Gunashekar, Senior Research Leader and Deputy Director, Science and Emerging Technology, RAND Europe
Adam Urwick, Analyst, Science and Emerging Technology, RAND Europe
Teodora Chis, Senior Analyst, Science and Emerging Technology, RAND Europe
The unveiling by IBM of two new quantum supercomputers and Denmark’s plans to develop “the world’s most powerful commercial quantum computer” mark just two of the latest developments in quantum technology’s increasingly rapid transition from experimental breakthroughs to practical applications.
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By Stuart Walker, Research Fellow in Sustainabilty Assessment, University of Sheffield
When we moved into our house, there was a shed in the garden. Its timbers were rotten, the floor had long since disappeared into the ground, there was no door, the window had fallen out and various creatures had moved in.
I decided to rebuild it out of a material that has been used around the world for hundreds of years, but is less commonly seen in modern buildings: straw bales. A year later, and the “work shed” is now nearly finished.
As sustainability assessment lead at Sheffield University’s…
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By Leanne Calvert, Assistant Professor in Irish History, University of Limerick
As a physical piece of a person that would outlast their human life, a lock of hair symbolised immortal love.
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By Una Cunningham, Professor Emerita, Department of Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University
BethAnne Paulsrud, Associate Professor in English Applied Linguistics, Stockholm University
Swedish is a vibrant language spoken by about 10 million people, mostly in Sweden and Finland. But Swedish young people are often proficient in English, too.
Sweden consistently ranks very high in English proficiency comparisons, with young people in Sweden speaking such good English that other…
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By Laura E. Alexander, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
Clergy sometimes place themselves in harm’s way for moral and religious reasons. A scholar of religious ethics explains when – and why.
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