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HSE not calling for reintroduction of Covid restrictions, says Reid
The HSE is not calling for the reintroduction of restrictions, but there is a need for everyone to look at their own behaviour, HSE chief executive Paul Reid has said. Speaking on RTÉ Radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show, Mr Reid said he was concerned about rising numbers. He saidContinue Reading
Tigray: the devastating toll of Ethiopia’s vicious year of war – podcast
Internally displaced people in Tigray in April 2021. UNICEF Ethiopia/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND A year since war broke out in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, conflict in the country is intensifying. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to two experts about the worsening humanitarian situation in TigrayContinue Reading
Reversing death: the weird history of resuscitation
Most of us probably know – more or less – how to resuscitate one of our fellow human beings. Even if you haven’t taken a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you’ve probably seen the technique many times on television or in the movies. The early history of resuscitation was inContinue Reading
Your smile’s cosmic history: we discovered the origin of fluoride in early galaxies
Flouride is created by Wolf–Rayet stars, here seen in the Milky Way by the Hubble Space Telescope. Nasa/Judy Schmidt, CC BY-SA Look at the ingredients on a tube of toothpaste and you will probably read something like “contains sodium fluoride”. Fluoride, as you probably know, is important for healthy teeth.Continue Reading
Bosnia and Herzegovina: world leaders risk renewed violence if the country breaks apart
A quarter of a century since the end of the Bosnian war, Bosnia and Herzegovina is in a perilous position. People who live there are worried. After all, in the conflict that engulfed the country between 1992 and 1995, more than 100,000 people were killed or went missing. Among themContinue Reading
Owen Paterson saga sees government integrity called into question
A furious backlash in relation to the case of Conservative MP and former government minister Owen Paterson has prompted the UK government to U-turn on plans to overhaul the process through which MPs are held to account for lobbying. Even the Daily Mail branded the episode a “sink back intoContinue Reading
Several big business groups aren’t happy with Biden’s Covid vaccine mandate
Several business groups expressed concern about President Joe Biden’s Covid vaccine mandate on Thursday, arguing that the requirements will burden businesses during the busy holiday season as they rush to meet an implementation deadline that comes shortly after New Year’s day. The mandate, which applies to businesses with 100 orContinue Reading
Metaverse: how Facebook rebrand reflects a dangerous trend in growing power of tech monopolies
KoshiroK/Shutterstock Facebook’s rebranding as Meta has been seen by many as the company’s latest attempt at corporate crisis control. The social media giant has been publicly attacked for creating an environment that fosters far-right extremism and violating individuals’ data privacy. Yet it also represents an attempt to rebrand the growingContinue Reading
Christmas films on Netflix 2021: Festive fail-safes to guilty pleasures
‘ Tis (nearly) the season to put Scroogey cynicism to one side and settle down with the film equivalent of a mulled wine in a polystyrene cup: almost definitely overcooked, verging on sickly sweet, but undeniably festive all the same. In recent years, Netflix has cranked up its Christmas outputContinue Reading
Sudan: how strong is the civilian opposition to the military coup?
Sudan is in a state of chaos after last month’s coup, in which army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, dissolved the government, declared a state of emergency and arrested the prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and leading opposition figures. Almost immediately, opposition groups took to the streets and have maintained streetContinue Reading