The late prime minister was hailed as a Caribbean man Then prime minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur (centre), chairs the plenary meeting on “The challenge of adaptation – from vulnerability to resilience”, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on September 24, 2007. Photo by United Nations Photo onContinue Reading
BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in metres squared. Christian Delbert/ Shutterstock Body mass index or BMI has long been the standard for measuring health. The simple formula is widely used to classify whether our weight falls within a “healthy” range for our height.Continue Reading
This piece is republished with permission from GriffithReview69: The European Exchange, edited by Ashley Hay and Natasha Cica, and published in partnership with the Australian National University When Boris Johnson unveiled his government’s new points-based immigration system in February 2020, designed to deliver Brexit by shifting Britain’s migrant intake “awayContinue Reading
Shutterstock/GrigorevMikhail Zebrafish are one of the most well studied animals on the planet. But how they came by their beautiful black and gold stripes is more of a mystery. Our new research used mathematical modelling – and detailed observations of mutant zebrafish patterns – to get to the bottom ofContinue Reading
Gaël Mpoyo’s film exposes extreme violence tied to former president Bukavu, center city, DR Congo, September 6, 2017. Photo by EMMANRMS via Wikimedia CC BY SA 4.0. This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments to address digital rights challenges at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Continue Reading
Shutterstock/Halfpoint The UK is on the brink of losing the highly skilled and experienced migrant workers currently propping up the care sector. If the government does not make changes to its new points-based immigration system a major crisis could emerge. These key workers cannot be replaced by digital innovations, whileContinue Reading
Sperm whale skull. JvL/Flickr, CC BY-SA Some whales are wonky. You might not know it to look at them, but their skulls are actually incredibly asymmetrical. This mysterious feature helps with echolocation, the way that whales work out where things are by making sounds and sensing how they are reflectedContinue Reading
One year since Narendra Modi’s government scrapped the special status that Kashmir had held for decades, Kashmiris remain deeply concerned about their future. In late March, while India was under a coronavirus lockdown, the government of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) redefined domicile rules for Kashmir. This made it easierContinue Reading
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. Daniele COSSU/Shutterstock Climate change and COVID-19 are the two most significant crises faced by the modern world – and widespread behaviour change is essential to cope with both. This means that official messaging by government and other authorities is critical. To succeed, leaders need to communicateContinue Reading
Any approach to controlling an infectious disease has one of three broad aims: suppressing, eliminating or eradicating it. The UK’s strategy so far has seemed to focus on suppressing the virus, trying to limit its spread, but we need to think about whether this is the best course of action.Continue Reading
