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Link between autism and eating disorders may be due to an inability to identify emotions – new research
Alexithymia is a personality trait characterised by an inability to identify and describe emotions. Rawpixel.com/ Shutterstock Eating disorders have the highest mortality rates of any mental illness. They don’t discriminate, affecting people of all ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, ages and backgrounds. However, one group is disproportionately affected by these disorders:Continue Reading
In Chile, the school year is only halfway through — and teachers are struggling · Global Voices
Teachers working in underfunded neighborhoods and expensive schools tell their experiences Photo credit: Pixabay, under Pixabay license. By April 1, nearly 1.6 billion learners across the world had been affected by school closures due to COVID-19. For school children in the northern hemisphere, the turbulent school year came to anContinue Reading
In the age of misinformation, who holds the power to categorize the ‘truth’? · Global Voices
US-based companies categorize information through biased lenses A networked globe. Photo via NeedPix, CC0. When confronted with basic information such as ”Boston is in Massachusetts,” for instance, humans readily limit feedback to “true” or “false.” This binary framework is simple and intuitive, but the world is far more complex, and humansContinue Reading
Ahead of elections in Trinidad & Tobago, one party promises to build a dome to limit ‘illegal outsiders’ · Global Voices
The offer became a national joke A meme making fun of the United National Congress’ proposal to “[create] a dome around T&T.” The image places the country’s coat of arms under a dome, with the words “Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Ministry of Dome, Land & MarineContinue Reading
Healthcare consultations in the digital age – are carebots up to the job?
LightField Studios/Shutterstock Research shows that doctors who offer empathic and positive messages can reduce a patient’s pain, improve their recovery after surgery and lower the amount of morphine they need. But it doesn’t mean that telling a patient something simple, such as “this drug will make you feel better”, willContinue Reading
Is humanity doomed because we can’t plan for the long term? Three experts discuss
sergio souza/Unsplash, FAL While the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are still unclear, it is certain that they are a profound shock to the systems underpinning contemporary life. The World Bank estimates that global growth will contract by between 5% and 8% globally in 2020, and that COVID-19 will pushContinue Reading
In Trinidad & Tobago, the use of Black iconography in Emancipation Day ads backfires · Global Voices
Riding the wave of a social movement? Get it right. Image of the clenched fist, a symbol of resistance that has come to be most closely associated with the Black Power movement, and now, with Black Lives Matter. Photo by Paul VanDerWerf via Flickr CC BY 2.0. One of the ripple effectsContinue Reading
What makes a state a state? Why places like Kosovo live in limbo
If we look at a map, the world appears neatly organised into a patchwork of states. They are clearly named and have clear borders. Yet, a closer looks reveals a much more complicated picture. Across the globe, groups are in various stages of claiming and gaining independence and recognition. AsContinue Reading
‘Shadow Means Strength, Shadow is Invincible’: A conversation with Turkish artist Selma Gurbuz · Global Voices
Forest. Full Moon. ink on hand made paper, 155x300cm, 2012 Turkish artist Selma Gürbüz is fascinated with shadows. “Shadow is strength. Shadow is invincible. Nothing can overpower the shadow. Shadows follow you; they change,” said Gürbüz in an interview with Global Voices. Gürbüz was born in 1960 in Istanbul, whereContinue Reading
Knife crime: why young people need to get a say in their rehabilitation
Knife crime is at record levels across the UK. SpeedKingz/Shutterstock Knife crime hit a record high in England and Wales before the COVID-19 lockdown came into place – with police reporting 46,265 cases for the year to March. The recent report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said thisContinue Reading