Breslavtsev Oleg/Shutterstock In our joints, a slippery, elastic tissue called cartilage covers the ends of the articulating bones. If this protective covering is lost through injury or ageing, it leaves bone grinding painfully against bone. Cartilage injuries are very common and rarely heal spontaneously. This can cause further damage toContinue Reading
D. Bonadonna/ MUSE, Trento, Author provided Huge volcanic eruptions 233 million years ago pumped carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour into the atmosphere. This series of violent explosions, on what we now know as the west coast of Canada, led to massive global warming. Our new research has revealed thatContinue Reading
Virat Kohli took steady steps in front, before diving across to his right to complete the catch.© Twitter Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli seems to be getting even better with each training session, ahead of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), set to take placeContinue Reading
August 6 “does not represent independence for the Aymara” August 11, 2020 in Achacachi, Bolivia. Aymara provincial assembly, known as the ‘Red Ponchos’. Photo by Elias Hilari Quispe, used with permission. August 6 marked the 195th anniversary of Bolivia’s Independence Day; it also drew criticism from indigenous Aymara netizens about alleged corruptionContinue Reading
Oleg Golovnev/Shutterstock A recent, much-anticipated report called First, Do No Harm has described in detail the suffering undergone by thousands of women over the last 50 years due to the devastating effects of three medical products. Two of these are pharmaceutical products. Primodos was a hormone-based pregnancy test used inContinue Reading
This statistic reflects how Peru treats its indigenous peoples Screenshot of the TV Perú channel program. Photo by Carlos Molina Vital, used with permission. The title of this article summarizes the attitude of the state channel TV Perú towards indigenous peoples, while also reflecting the colonial history of the country.Continue Reading
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers faced off in the cricket edition of Hot Dogs vs Cool Cats.© Royal Challengers Bangalore/Twitter The Virat Kohli vs AB de Villiers, Hot Dogs vs Cool Cats contest is back at Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) but this time in a new avatar. Just overContinue Reading
‘I came to Turkey legally, on a passport issued by the Chinese authorities. Why did they punish my family?’ Screenshot from a YouTube video shot in one of the Miraj restaurants in Urumqi. The identity of the author of this story has been kept anonymous for safety reasons. Since 2017, China’sContinue Reading
A Moroccan UN peacekeeper in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo helps raise awareness about COVID-19. MONUSCO Photos/Flickr, CC BY-SA As the world’s leaders and their diplomats prepare to meet for the 75th session of the UN general assembly, much of the discussion will be virtual – and dominated byContinue Reading
Shutterstock Sharia councils across the UK could be facing a potentially significant rise in their workload as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and many don’t have the resources to cope. The predicted rise in divorce rates and reported increase in cases of domestic violence associated with lockdown measures willContinue Reading
