By Hatim Sharif, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio
A hydrologist explains why the region is known as Flash Flood Alley and how its geography and geology can lead to heavy downpours and sudden, destructive floods.
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By Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe
In this essay, Ukrainian writer Yulia Stakhivska describes how cities partially destroyed by Russia’s invasion of 2022 learn to rebuild their image, revive their cultural past and try to heal.
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By Arzu Geybullayeva
"I thought with my death, I would send a message as a last word to the state the country is in," Samadov told Ali.
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By Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe
The April 1986 disaster at Chernobyl’s nuclear powerstation is remembered as one of the darkest moments of Ukrainian history, but it is also inspiring expressions of art, folklore, poetry and humor.
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By Amnesty International
Following reports of a widespread violent crackdown on largely peaceful student protesters in Belgrade and other major towns across Serbia for the sixth consecutive day since 28 June, when student movement called for an early parliamentary election, Amnesty International and Civil Rights Defenders said in a joint statement: “Footage of Serbian riot police indiscriminately targeting […] The post Serbia: Authorities must end unlawful use of force against protesters and investigate reports of police violence appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Darren Kelsey, Reader in Media and Collective Psychology, Newcastle University
The “Blitz spirit” is one of Britain’s most enduring national myths – the stories we tell ourselves about who we were, and who we still believe we are today. Growing up among football fans, I heard constant nostalgic refrains about England and Germany, wartime bravery and national pride.
Chants about “two world wars and one World Cup” or “ten German bombers in the air” were cultural rituals, flexes of a shared memory that many had never…
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By Chris Sutherland, Reader in Statistical Ecology, University of St Andrews
Jack Anthony Bamber, Lecturer in Conservation Ecology, University of Aberdeen
Xavier Lambin, Chair in Zoology, University of Aberdeen
Conserving species can be a complicated affair. Take this dilemma.
After being hunted to near extinction, numbers of a native predator are recovering and eating more of an endangered prey species, whose own numbers are declining as a result. Should conservationists accept that some successes mean losing other species, or reinstate lethal control of this predator in perpetuity?
Or perhaps there is a third option that involves new means of managing species in the face of new conditions. This issue is playing out globally, as land managers grapple with predators such as wolves…
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By Andrea Mechelli, Professor of Early Intervention in Mental Health, King's College London
Giulia Vivaldi, Research Associate in environmental determinants of mental health outcomes in urban communities, Department of Health Service & Population Research, King's College
Michael Smythe, Project Team Member , King's College London
Nick Bridge, Project team member, King's College London
The UK government has finally unveiled its much anticipated ten-year Plan for improving England’s health. It contains a long overdue focus on prevention, after years of sidestepping by previous administrations.
The plan rightly recognises that preventing illness before it begins is the most effective way to improve people’s wellbeing. It should have the added benefit of reducing strain on the NHS and easing the nation’s financial burden.
Mental health,…
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By Aisling Pigott, Lecturer, Dietetics, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Sophie Davies, Lecturer in Nutrition & Dietetics, Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University
There’s long been evidence that what we eat can affect our risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline as we age. But can any one diet actually keep the brain strong and lower dementia risk? Evidence suggests the so-called “Mind diet” might.
The Mind diet (which stands for the Mediterranean-Dash intervention for neurocognitive delay) combines the well-established Mediterranean…
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By Samuel J. White, Associate Professor & Head of Projects, York St John University
Philippe B. Wilson, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, York St John University
For years, scientists have believed that inflammation inevitably increases with age, quietly fuelling diseases like heart disease, dementia and diabetes. But a new study of Indigenous populations challenges that idea and could reshape how we think about ageing itself.
For decades, scientists have identified chronic low-level inflammation – called “inflammaging” – as one of the…
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