Christoph Burgstedt/Shutterstock To get the upper hand on the coronavirus, we first need to understand how our immune system reacts to it. Understanding this will lead to better treatments, effective vaccines and knowing how near we are to herd immunity – and if it’s even achievable. Every day, new researchContinue Reading
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It's long been a mystery how fast the Earth's magnetic field changes. Andrey VP/Shutterstock The Earth’s magnetic field, generated 3,000km below our feet in the liquid iron core, is crucially important to life on our planet. It extends out into space, wrapping us in an electromagnetic blanket that shields theContinue Reading
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Genocide ideology law silences dissenting voices People coming back from a market in Musanze in the Northern Province of Rwanda., September 2017. Photo by Cyril Ndegeya, Used with permission. This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments to address digital rights challenges at theContinue Reading
Ultra-secretive digital-control maneuvers baffle activists Youth pose for a photo capture at a conference in Namibia. Image credit: Yusuf Kalyango Jnr (CC BY-SA 2.0). This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments to address digital rights challenges at the Universal Periodic Review. It wasContinue Reading
“…We were not passive then and we’re not passive now!” Protestors attend a solidarity march in Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 13, 2020, supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States and opposing racism and police brutality in Barbados. Photo courtesy Bazodee Magazine, used with permission. The killing ofContinue Reading
A man confessed to the murder and was convicted, but few believe that story. Around 20 Cambodian monks and youth activists were barred by the police from offering a Buddhist prayer ceremony near a gas station where a political analyst was killed on July 10, 2016. Photo from the FacebookContinue Reading
Independent commission recommends regular reviews (Part I of II) View from the entrance area of Tower Street Prison in Kingston, Jamaica, between the first and second walls. Photo by Christina Xu on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. This is the first instalment of a two-part series on the stark realities ofContinue Reading
Screenshot from YouTube video uploaded by Gheni to seek support for his disappeared family members. The author’s identity has been kept anonymous for safety reasons. Starting in 2017, the Uyghur community living in China has been subject to increased targeting and indiscriminate imprisonment by the Chinese authorities. This policy ofContinue Reading
