In the days since president Jovenel Moïse’s assassination last week, Haiti’s situation has become increasingly uncertain. Questions remain over the tragic incident, as a power struggle plays itself...
Politics
What’s Happening In Haiti?
South Africa In Flames: Spontaneous Outbreak Or Insurrection?
South Africans spent most of mid-July glued to their news outlets, from established media outlets to TikTok, from streaming news to old-fashioned printed words, to see just one thing: would Jacob...
Jacob Zuma Isn’t A Man With A Cause. Just A Wily Politician...
South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruling to imprison the country’s former president, Jacob Zuma, was unprecedented. But it wasn’t unexpected. The author of the majority judgment, Justice Sisi...
Environment
Commodity Trading: The Shadowy Industry Destroying The Planet
Commodity trading firms are among the most important corporations in global capitalism, yet most people have never heard of them. As intermediaries between suppliers and buyers of primary and...
Fish Hooked On Meth – The Consequences Of Freshwater Pollution
Around 269 million people worldwide use drugs each year. Often forgotten in this story is a problem of basic biology. What goes in must come out. Sewers are inundated with drugs that are excreted...
What Happens To The Plastic You Recycle? Researchers Lift The Lid
The secretive way in which plastic recycling is handled in the UK carries the potential for the next big scandal. While the government’s statutory guidance is supposed to clarify who is...
Culture
Line of Duty: Two Ex Anti-Corruption Officers On How The Police...
Season six of BBC crime drama Line of Duty has gripped the nation as Anti-Corruption Unit 12 (AC-12) inch ever closer to identifying the character in charge of all the “bent coppers”, only known as...
Remote Working: Why Some People Are Less Productive At Home Than...
Has working at home during lockdown made people more productive or not? This has been the subject of some lively debate recently. Many companies do not routinely measure productivity. A large number...
How Bunny Wailer Brought Innovation and Rastology to the...
The recent death of Bunny Wailer, the last surviving founding member of the Wailers has seen outpourings of grief and appreciation all over the world. But in the wake of the triple Grammy award...
Science
The Truth Is Still Out There: Why The Current UFO Craze May Be A...
It’s safe to say that UFOs, now branded UAPs, are back. In recent years, concerns have grown that supposed physics-defying craft are penetrating US airspace. This could represent a technological...
What Happens When Black Holes Collide With The Most Dense Stars...
For the first time, a faint signal caused by the merging of two almost equally mysterious objects – black holes and a neutron stars – has been recorded on Earth. On January 5 2020, when the world was...
Homo Longi: Extinct Human Species That May Replace Neanderthals...
In 1933 a mysterious fossil skull was discovered near Harbin City in the Heilongjiang province of north-eastern China. Despite being nearly perfectly preserved – with square eye sockets, thick brow...