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Mars 2020: the hunt for life on the red planet is about to get serious
Illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech Next spring is going to be a busy time for Mars. In close succession, three spacecraft will arrive at the planet, joining the dozen or so craft already circling Mars. Two of the spacecraft were launched in the past couple of weeksContinue Reading
Secret trials threaten open justice in Australia · Global Voices
Whistleblowers, lawyers and journalists face prosecutions without proper public scrutiny Protesters in Brisbane protesting Australia’s claim on Timor Leste oil, May 2017- Photo by Andrew Mercer / Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) A government illegally bugs the office of a foreign country’s Prime Minister during treaty negotiations. The spy in chargeContinue Reading
SpaceX: Crew Dragon is returning to Earth – here’s when to hold your breath
The Crew Dragon spacecraft, produced by private company SpaceX, is scheduled to return from the International Space Station (ISS) and splash down in the Atlantic ocean on August 2. Contingent on a favourable weather forecast and a successful final week at the ISS, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas HurleyContinue Reading
Here’s how the body reacts to one-off overeating – new research
The participants were able to eat almost 3000 calories worth of pizza on average in one sitting. Dean Drobot/ Shutterstock Whether it’s a summer barbecue with friends, your favourite fast food takeaway, or Christmas dinner, we can probably all recall times when we’ve eaten more food in one sitting thanContinue Reading
Four student activists arrested in Hong Kong for ‘inciting secession’ because of their social media posts · Global Voices
Evidence for the arrest was based on social media content Nineteen year-old Tony Chung, one of the four arrested. Photo taken by Kris Chung / HKFP. The original version of this post was published on the Hong Kong Free Press on July 29 2020. The following edited version is publishedContinue Reading
Serbia protests point to crisis of legitimacy for Vučić government · Global Voices
Peaceful protest in Belgrade, 10 July 2020. Photo by Wikipedia user OakMapping, CC BY-SA 4.0. Over the past several years, Belgrade has been the setting for mass protests demanding transparency and accountability from the government led by President Aleksander Vučić of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). Protests against gentrification andContinue Reading
Zimbabwe governance crisis: Arrests over COVID-19 corruption and planned protests · Global Voices
‘Journalists must be allowed to report facts freely & independently’ Health workers queue for a bus into Bulawayo City from Nketa, Zimbabwe. Many of Zimbabwe’s essential workers lack PPE clothing but have been reporting to works nonetheless, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, April 20, 2020.Credit: KB Mpofu / ILO via Flickr CC BY-NC-NDContinue Reading
The long and winding road to Guyana’s 2020 election results · Global Voices
It’s ‘inconsistent with [the constitution] for GECOM to disenfranchise electors’ The Court of Appeal hearing regarding Guyana’s elections recount case, which took place on July 25, 2020. Screenshot taken from the Stabroek News livestream of the hearing. Guyana’s general election took place on March 2, 2020, a year after itContinue Reading
Journalist’s abduction raises concerns about media freedom in Pakistan · Global Voices
“Enforced disappearances are used […] to silence dissenters” Matiullah Jan, a renowned journalist and critic of the Pakistan Military. Screenshot from YouTube video by Naya Daur TV. On the morning of July 21, Matiullah Jan, a renowned journalist and critic of the Pakistan military, was abducted in Islamabad by unidentifiedContinue Reading