By Fortunate Mokoena, Senior lecturer, Biochemistry, North-West University
A recently approved drug for malaria treatment offers hope to millions of children who suffer from the disease in Africa.
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By Jay R. Malcolm, Professor Emeritus, Forestry, University of Toronto
Justina C. Ray, Adjunct professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Toronto
A recent study indicates that forest management in Northern Ontario is placing timber harvesting above safeguarding natural environments and compromising animal habitat.
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By Soroush Sabbaghan, Associate Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Insights from philosophers about the nature of knowledge and learning can help educators identify why and when using AI in the classroom is warranted and helpful.
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By Junaid B. Jahangir, Associate Professor, Economics, MacEwan University
Was Cinderella’s happy ending with Prince Charming really largely the result of personal ambition? These are the kinds of questions I address in the course Economics for Everyone.
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By Amnesty International
As I looked up, I could see the back of some of the aluminum roofs from afar, but we still had to cross high grass to get to them. The place seemed isolated from the rest of the town. When we finally reached the entrance of the camp, we met the priest, who was sitting […] The post Branded for life but resilient: women accused of witchcraft in Ghana appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Men in downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 3, 2021. © 2021 Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Ethiopian lawmakers should reject proposed amendments to the civil society law that would grant the government sweeping powers to restrict nongovernmental organizations, Human Rights Watch said today. Ethiopia’s partners should denounce the draft law, which is yet to be introduced to parliament, and make clear that any legal revisions should adhere to international human rights standards.The draft amendments would enable federal authorities to prohibit…
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By Dafydd Townley, Teaching Fellow in US politics and international security, University of Portsmouth
There are masked men, and some women, on the streets in American cities, sometimes travelling in unmarked cars, often carrying weapons and wearing military-style kit. They have the power to identify, arrest, detain non-citizens and deport undocumented immigrants. They also have the right to interrogate any individual…
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By Ian Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the Solar System? The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s. Labelled as planet X, prominent astronomers had put it forward as an explanation for Uranus’s orbit, which drifts from the path of orbital motion that physics would expect it to follow. The gravitational pull of an undiscovered planet, several times larger than Earth, was seen as a possible reason for the discrepancy.
That mystery was ultimately explained by a recalculation of Neptune’s mass in the 1990s, but then a
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By Michael Joseph Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Newcastle University
What does masculinity have to do with the climate? A surprising amount.
For example, significant figures in the manosphere combine misogyny with anti-environmentalism. Think Andrew Tate boasting of his fleet of cars and his private jet. And because care…
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By Paul Simmonds, Strategy & International Business Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
The last few months have been busy for Royal Mail. In late April, Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group acquired its parent company, International Distribution Services, for £3.6 billion – a value well below the May 2021 peak of £6 billion.
Then, regulator Ofcom announced that from July 28 there would be changes to a regulatory framework called…
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