Is the Future of Wheat Farming Inside and Up?
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2020-08-15
‘This is a partisan movement of a partisan nation’: a Belarusian poet reflects on her homeland’s turmoil · Global Voices
Belarusian poet Valzhyna Mort. Photo (c): Tanya Kapitonova, used with permission. As events unfold in Belarus following presidential elections whose results are contested by the opposition and a large part of the population, Belarusian artists are speaking out to denounce state violence and express solidarity with protesters. Valzhyna Mort, aContinue Reading
2020-08-15
An earthquake shook Tanzania. A new law prohibits citizens from speaking about it online. · Global Voices
New online content regulations prohibit certain topics without government approval An earthquake was felt in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on August 12, 2020. Photo by Chen Hualin, April 1, 2011, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0. When a major earthquake of 6.0 on the Richter scale shook coastal East AfricaContinue Reading
2020-08-15
Thirty years after his tragic death, iconic Soviet musician Viktor Tsoi continues to inspire demonstrators · Global Voices
Photo of the Viktor Tsoi wall in central Minsk. The main writing says “Ты знал, что будет плохо, но не знал, что так скоро” [You knew, all would be bad, but what you didn’t know is that it would happen so quickly], inspired by one of his songs. Photo byContinue Reading
2020-08-15
Coronavirus: the pandemic is changing our brains – here are the remedies
The novel coronavirus is affecting our brains, whether we've caught it or not. Teo Tarras/Shutterstock Whether you have contracted COVID-19 or not, your brain is likely to have changed over the past few months. The virus itself can cause a number of neurological problems, along with anxiety and depression. TheContinue Reading
2020-08-15
Coronavirus face masks: an environmental disaster that might last generations
Chris Redan/Shutterstock Face coverings are now a legal requirement in many public spaces around the world. But even before they became compulsory, masks were causing litter problems on land and at sea. One February beach clean in Hong Kong found 70 masks along 100 metres of shoreline, with 30 moreContinue Reading
2020-08-15
After its general election, Trinidad & Tobago’s racist underbelly is showing · Global Voices
‘The people, not politicians, move the political needle on issues’ Screenshot of a line from Trinidad and Tobago’s national anthem, which reads, “Here every creed and race finds an equal place,” taken from a YouTube video by Hardeo Roopan. On August 10, Trinidad and Tobago held its general elections. TheContinue Reading
2020-08-15
Here’s why we crave food even when we’re not hungry
Our “food reward” system can seriously undermine our ability to resist temptation. Roman Samborskyi/ Shutterstock Food cravings are very familiar to most people. We may see or smell food and want to eat, or sometimes we suddenly feel like eating something delicious. These intense desires occur even when we’re notContinue Reading
2020-08-14
Major quantum computational breakthrough is shaking up physics and maths
Quantum computers may be more trustworthy. Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock MIP* = RE is not a typo. It is a groundbreaking discovery and the catchy title of a recent paper in the field of quantum complexity theory. Complexity theory is a zoo of “complexity classes” – collections of computational problems – ofContinue Reading
2020-08-14
COVID-19 and pregnancy: what we know about what happens to your immune system
It's possible that changes to the immune system during pregnancy protect parent and child from COVID-19. Syda Productions/Shutterstock Any new infectious disease poses unique challenges to people who are pregnant during an outbreak. The effects of Sars, Zika and influenza in pregnancy highlight the potential immediate and longer term detrimentalContinue Reading
2020-08-14