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At least 15 students were ‘impregnated by instructors’ in Mozambican police academy, internal report says · Global Voices
The students were prevented from completing the training course Photo showing the completion of the police training course in Mozambique | screen shot, 19 August, STV – Youtube, taken by the author. A document from the Mozambican Police (PRM) that has leaked in local media in early August revealed thatContinue Reading
Indian scientists pen letter against government slashing of environmental protections · Global Voices
The letter says a new set of regulations threatens the country’s ecological and environmental security Garbage on Body of Water. Photo by Yogendra Singh from Pexels. Used under Pexels license. Over 500 Indian scientists, researchers, and academics from more than 130 institutions wrote an open letter urging India’s environment ministry to withdraw a newContinue Reading
Why the dwindling numbers of trained detectives is a national crisis
Shutterstock/maewshooter Whether it’s a true crime documentary or the latest super cool crime noir series, it seems everyone wants to be a detective. Everyone, that is, except serving police officers in England and Wales. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) called the lack of trained detectives a “national crisis” and theContinue Reading
Neuralink: brain hacking is exceptionally hard, no matter what Elon Musk says
Elon Musk at Neuralink presentation with robot. Steve Jurvetson/Flickr, CC BY-SA If thoughts, feelings and other mental activities are nothing more than electrochemical signals flowing around a vast network of brain cells, will connecting these signals with digital electronics allow us to enhance the abilities of our brains? That’s whatContinue Reading
Nurses are on the coronavirus frontline, so why are they being left out of the response?
More than 600 nurses worldwide have died from COVID-19 during the pandemic. This should not be a surprise: we are the largest group of healthcare workers in the world, dedicated to preventing the spread of coronavirus, and we are also engaged in caring for those who are suffering. But althoughContinue Reading
England vs Australia: Jason Roy Included In England Squad For Australia ODIs | Cricket News
Jason Roy has been included in the England ODI squad along with Joe Root and Chris Woakes.© ICC/Twitter Batsman Jason Roy has been included in England’s ODI squad that will face Australia in the upcoming three-match series, starting from September 11. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler, who left the bio-secure bubble andContinue Reading
Why the UK government is paying social media influencers to post about coronavirus
biD LTasgY/unsplash Social media influencers are often seen as lazy freelancers who make a living being paid to pretend they like products. But these “celebrities’” are more than just marketing vehicles. If used properly, they can be effective agents of positive social change. Yet the UK government has taken aContinue Reading
The UK immigration system is broken – coronavirus and Brexit will make it even worse
A detainee holds a hand against her cell window at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, Bedford. Pete Maclaine/Shutterstock Long waiting times for asylum seekers, the tightening of rules for student visas – and more recently, convoluted procedures for EU citizens – are just some of the issues with the UK immigrationContinue Reading
When did we become fully human? What fossils and DNA tell us about the evolution of modern intelligence
Mariano/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA When did something like us first appear on the planet? It turns out there’s remarkably little agreement on this question. Fossils and DNA suggest people looking like us, anatomically modern Homo sapiens, evolved around 300,000 years ago. Surprisingly, archaeology – tools, artefacts, cave art – suggest thatContinue Reading
Are men really that much more likely to die from coronavirus? We need better data to be certain
Yuganov Konstantin/Shutterstock Nine months after the coronavirus emerged, there’s still a remarkable lack of understanding about why the severity and course of COVID-19 vary for different people. Part of the problem is that we haven’t prioritised gathering and reporting data in enough detail. Most countries just report the age andContinue Reading