Animals are picky eaters too – we're trying to discover if parents teach them what's safe to eat

Jolanda Aalbers/Shutterstock The internet is filled with blogs and articles offering advice for parents who are trying to coax children into eating greens. Anyone with kids can relate to stories of mealtimes becoming a succession of attritional confrontations, where you cycle through ineffectual strategies before accepting the reality of theContinue Reading

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“He’s following the radical left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your second amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God … He’s against God,” President Donald Trump told supporters during a recent trip to Ohio. Trump was speaking about Joe Biden, the Democrat challenger for the WhiteContinue Reading

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Jamaicans at home and abroad express shock at ‘outrageous and offensive’ BBC comedy sketch · Global Voices

“Who decided this was funny?” Screenshot of a scene from an episode of BBC3’s “Famalam” series, titled “Jamaican Countdown”, taken from BBC3’s YouTube channel promoting the show. A skit on BBC3’s Famalam series, which describes itself as a “super sharp sketch show starring black British talent”, has sparked widespread criticismContinue Reading

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From horticulture to Harry Potter cosplay, Thai students are finding creative ways to protest against repression · Global Voices

They’re also washing dishes in public Students raising 3 fingers with their arms tied with white ribbons. Photo and caption by Prachatai English, a content partner of Global Voices. Used with permission. Students across Thailand have been organizing massive protests demanding “an end to the authorities’ harassment of citizens, theContinue Reading

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Mao's China falsely claimed it had eradicated schistosomiasis – and it's still celebrating that 'success' in propaganda today

China's campaign from the 1950s to eradicate schistosomiasis, or 'snail fever', has been lauded ever since. US National Library of Medicine In early April, with much of the world under lockdown, China was already celebrating its purported victory in keeping the new coronavirus under control. In an effort to boostContinue Reading

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Seven Sunrise Breakfast show promotion 2016

75 percent of presenters, commentators and reporters have an Anglo-Celtic background Seven Sunrise Breakfast show promotion 2016 -video screenshot from YouTube A new report by Media Diversity Australia highlights the dominance of presenters, commentators and reporters of Anglo-Celtic background in national television news and current affairs. Anglo-Celtic people are those ofContinue Reading

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Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers split over Beijing-imposed mandate extension · Global Voices

To accept Beijing’s interference or to boycott the LegCo? Lawmakers face a double-edged sword Pro-democracy lawmakers demonstrate inside the LegCo chamber. Photo from inmediahk (CC: AT-NC) Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has ignited a firestorm on August 21 after invoking emergency powers to postpone the Legislative Council (LegCo) electionsContinue Reading

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Ecuador’s indigenous Amazonian peoples launch online COVID-19 tracker · Global Voices

Data helps the public understand where help is most needed Waorani Baihuari Community. Photo by the National Assembly of Ecuador/Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 license. Modified by Global Voices. Indigenous Amazonian populations in Ecuador can now see how COVID-19 is affecting their communities through a platform designed and updated by the NGO ConfederationContinue Reading

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The debacle that saw tens of thousands of young school-leavers having their A-level results downgraded by an algorithm and missing out on their first choice university illustrates what can go wrong when ministers try to offload responsibility for important policy decisions on government agencies. It also puts into sharp focusContinue Reading

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