By Pragya Agarwal, Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University
This article contains spoilers for the second series of The Bear.
The Michelin star chef Marco Pierre White said in 2019: “The real positive with men [in professional kitchens is] they are not as emotional, and they don’t take things personally.” While he credited women with having a better sense of smell, and for being consistent and punctual, he said: “Men can absorb pressure better in busy moments.”
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By Rajendra Gupta, Adjunct professor, Physics, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Cosmology does not need dark matter or dark energy in an expanding universe that allows the constants of nature to evolve, and light loses energy as it travels vast distances.
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By Christopher A. Cooper, Associate Professor of Public Management, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The inability of some federal public servants to use their official language of choice at work is pushing them to ponder leaving their jobs for something else within the public service or quitting entirely.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the latest, particularly heavy Russian missile strikes that have killed dozens of civilians across Ukraine and hit major medical facilities in Kyiv, including five buildings of a children’s hospital, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The destruction of hospitals, as well as residential buildings and essential infrastructure […] The post Ukraine: Major damage to children’s hospital by direct Russian missile hit, dozens killed across the country appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Stasja Koot, Associate professor, Wageningen University
Bram Büscher, Professor of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg; Research Associate, Stellenbosch University; Professor of Sociology of Development and Change, Wageningen University
Lerato Thakholi, Lecturer in the Sociology of Development and Change Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen University
Southern Africa’s wildlife economy is often hailed as a successful model. The idea behind this model is that biodiversity and wildlife are used as the basis of sustainable economic growth, through an increase in wildlife numbers and in a country’s revenue.
But how successful has the model actually been in places like Botswana, Namibia and South Africa? We recently edited a special…
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By Candi Nwakasi, Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
“I believe I will still beat it again.” These are the words of a Nigerian woman, Didi, who feared a recurrence of her cancer – but saw herself as a survivor.
Her attitude is becoming more common everywhere as more people are living after a cancer diagnosis. Though populations are growing and ageing, and cancer incidence is therefore rising, it’s also true that the likelihood of surviving…
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By Réginas Ndayiragije, Associate researcher, University of Antwerp
Marijke Verpoorten, Associate Professor, University of Antwerp
Thirty years ago, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a predominantly Tutsi armed group, took over Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city – and soon after, the country’s governance. This victory occurred amid a horrific genocide masterminded by a Hutu-dominated regime. Rwanda’s main ethnic groups are the Hutu, who make up a majority of the population, and the Tutsi.
Since 1994, the Rwandan…
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By Jean Christophe Glaszmann, Agronome, chercheur en génétique végétale, Cirad
Claire Billot, Agronome, Généticienne des populations des plantes tropicales cultivées, Cirad
Claire Lanaud, Généticienne moléculaire, Cirad
Genome analysis of common tropical crops reveals genetic diversity that is crucial to their improvement in face of environmental challenges.
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By Kaitano Dube, Faculty of Human Sciences Acting Research Professor, Vaal University of Technology
South Africa’s game reserves, tourist parks, chalets and ocean activities are being disrupted by extreme weather. To protect livelihoods, urban planning needs to adapt to climate change fast.
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By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies, SOAS, University of London
Masoud Pezeshkian wants to reopen dialogue with the west and improve rights for women. The regime may even allow him to do some of that.
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