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By Henry Chung, Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex
Charlotte Gowers, Senior Lecturer- Performance Physiology and Nutrition, Anglia Ruskin University
Justin Roberts, Professor of Nutritional Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
Honey has been used by humans as a natural sweetener and energy source to sustain work and physical performance for thousands of years. Recently, it has re-emerged as a natural option for fuelling exercise, with some social media users claiming it’s the perfect thing to eat before a workout if you need an energy boost.

Interestingly, Sebastian Sawe, the first man to run a sub two-hour marathon, fuelled up before his race with (Full Story)

By Mandla J. Radebe, Professor, University of Johannesburg
Mbongeni J Msimanga, Post-doctoral fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of everyday newsroom work across Africa. It has entered quietly through routine tasks such as transcription, headline writing, translation and content preparation.

In southern Africa, where AI adoption is steadily growing, its application in journalism is raising critical questions from policymakers and governments. While technology offers gains in speed and efficiency, its use remains contested due to ethical…The Conversation (Full Story)

By Freddie Daley, Research Associate, Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex
Charlie Lawrie, Postdoctoral associate, University of Sussex
The $20 billion climate flop: a flagship plan to phase out coal in Indonesia hasn’t shut a single power plant.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Ursula Hoadley, Professor, University of Cape Town
Carol Bertram, Professor of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Gabrielle Wills, Senior researcher at Research on Socio-Economic Policy, Stellenbosch University
Servaas van der Berg, Professor of Economics and South African Research Chair in the Economics of Social Policy, Stellenbosch University
South Africa’s schooling system presents a striking paradox. Fewer than one in five grade 4 learners can read for meaning, yet more than 60% of young people (aged 15 to 24) eventually complete grade 12. Matric (school leaving exam) pass…The Conversation (Full Story)
By Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala, Legal Researcher, PhD Candidate and Lead of the African Climate Law Programme, Mandela Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Tracy-Lynn Field, Director of the Mandela Institute, Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
A landmark climate case before the African Court asks what African states must do to protect human rights, phase out fossil fuels, and tackle climate change.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Kovi Rose, Astrophysics PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
Seeing a signal in different kinds of light is like having a text written in several forms of writing – it makes it easier to decipher.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Ayla Göl, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, York St John University
Nullifying the leader of Turkey’s main opposition party is the latest in a string of measures that are taking the country down the road to autocracy.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Mary Harrod, Professor of French and Screen Studies, University of Warwick
It’s hard to root for a story where boy meets girl and they live happily ever after in a time when that is happening less in real life.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image University students dance during the pro-democracy demonstration in Tiananmen Square on May 22, 1989, in Beijing, China. © 1989 Mark Avery/AP Photo (New York) – The Chinese government is intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre while strengthening social control throughout the country, Human Rights Watch said today. The Tiananmen Massacre was precipitated by the peaceful gathering in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and other Chinese cities in April 1989 of students, workers, and others calling for free expression, democratic reform,… (Full Story)
By Liz Allen, Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
Rather than an exploding overpopulation bomb, the world faces an economic and social implosion due to lacking supports to help raise much-wanted children.The Conversation (Full Story)
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