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Social workers don’t understand the importance of black children’s skin and hair – here’s what needs to change
5D Media/Shutterstock Skin and hair can be integral to a young black person’s sense of self. Yet in the UK, black children and young people face discrimination about their bodies. It’s not just schools sending black children home because their hair is deemed contrary to uniform codes. The importance ofContinue Reading
Overtraining syndrome: what it is and how to avoid it
Endurance athletes are most at risk. AstroStar/ Shutterstock There’s a thin line between working hard enough and working too hard. Pushing your body to reach new levels of fitness requires commitment, effort and a willingness to put yourself through intense, challenging workouts on a regular basis. But more isn’t alwaysContinue Reading
Coronavirus: why aren’t death rates rising with case numbers?
eamesBot/Shutterstock It is a conundrum. For much of the past two months, many people have been convinced that mortality associated with COVID-19 would rise as the number of people testing positive with the disease increased. But this has not happened so far. Why? A look at government data from EnglandContinue Reading
MS Dhoni’s Wife Sakshi Teases Daughter Ziva In Sweet Video. Watch | Cricket News
MS Dhoni will be leading the Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming edition of the IPL.© Instagram Former India cricketer MS Dhoni’s wife Sakshi had a few fun questions in store for daughter Ziva, as observed in a video posted on Ziva’s official Instagram handle on Wednesday. “Papa’s biggest fan,”Continue Reading
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