Alcohol addiction: could the brain's immune system be the key to understanding and treating alcoholism?

Even moderate alcohol consumption changes the brain's structure. Syda Productions/ Shutterstock Alcohol abuse is a serious problem worldwide. In England alone, over 350,000 alcohol-related hospital admissions – and over 5,000 alcohol-related deaths – were reported in 2018. Long-term alcohol abuse can have many harmful effects on our body. But oneContinue Reading

Universities should learn from assessment methods used during the pandemic – and cut down on exams for good

sakkarin sapu/Shutterstock Timed written examinations continue to dominate university assessment. In most professions, the need to recall and write down specific information from memory under timed conditions is rare. Yet every year across the world students are crammed into exam halls to do just that. The coronavirus pandemic gave universitiesContinue Reading

Meet the artist embroidering Belarus’ protests · Global Voices

For Rufina Bazlova, if the revolution can’t be live-tweeted, it must be embroidered instead A clash between riot police and protesters, embroidered in traditional Belarusian style by Rufina Bazlova. Image (c): Rufina Bazlova, used with permission. At first glance, no two words may seem as far removed as protest andContinue Reading

The Conversation

Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of Belarus who came to power in 1994, has won his sixth presidential election. The preliminary results show a landslide victory, giving Lukashenko 80% of the vote and his main opponent, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, just 10%. Nationwide protests have broken out in response and we shouldContinue Reading

Pious, assertive, and ‘mother of all Bolivians’: The (expensive) political narrative of President Jeanine Áñez · Global Voices

Helicopter flights to bless different cities cost more than USD 20,000 Jeanine Áñez assuming Bolivia’s presidency on 12 November 2019, with her daughter Carolina Ribera to her left. Image by Wikimedia Commons, open content modified by Global Voices. Throughout her campaign and current presidency, President Jeanine Áñez has created an image ofContinue Reading