The late 1950s was an era of growing resistance to the apartheid’s state’s application of discriminatory laws in South Africa. The resistance, led by the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan...
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Promising COVID Treatments Could Be Growing Under The Sea –...
More than 18 months into the pandemic, we’re still hunting for effective antiviral treatments for COVID – medicines that target the coronavirus itself and stop it from developing in the body. So far...
Xi Jinping Puts His Stamp On Communist Party History, But Is His...
As the Chinese Communist Party’s sixth plenary session wraps up in Beijing, much of the focus outside China has been on two key aspects. The first is the meeting was primarily designed to strengthen...
The Horse Bit And Bridle Kicked Off Ancient Empires – A New...
Starting around 3,000 years ago, a wave of innovation began to sweep through human societies around the globe. For the next millennium the continued emergence of new technologies had a dramatic...
Belarus: Border Crisis With Poland Loses Sight Of The People...
Tensions at the border between Poland and Belarus continue to rise, with thousands of vulnerable migrants stranded in a standoff between the two countries and the geopolitical blocs to which they...
Interest Rates: Why The Era Of Cheap Money Is Finally Ending
The Bank of England was widely expected to slightly increase its official bank rate on November 4, but it decided to stick to the all-time low of 0.1%. However, the bank has made it clear that a rise...
White-Tailed Deer Found To Be Huge Reservoir Of Coronavirus...
New research from the US has shown that white-tailed deer are being infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. Antibodies were found in 40% of deer that were tested from...
Child Slavery In West Africa: Understanding Cocoa Farming Is Key...
In 2000 and 2001, the use of child slaves on cocoa farms in West Africa was exposed in a series of documentaries and pieces of investigative journalism, sparking an international outcry. This series...
What Is COP26? Here’s How Global Climate Negotiations Work And...
Over two weeks in November, world leaders and national negotiators will meet in Scotland to discuss what to do about climate change. It’s a complex process that can be hard to make sense of from the...
How Your Genes Influence Whether A Certain Type Of Exercise...
Genetics have a significant influence on many aspects of our life – from our height and eye colour, our weight, and even whether we develop certain health conditions. And now, our recent review has...
What Is Chaos? A Complex Systems Scientist Explains
Chaos evokes images of the dinosaurs running wild in Jurassic Park, or my friend’s toddler ravaging the living room. In a chaotic world, you never know what to expect. Stuff is happening all the...
Sewage Pollution: Our Research Reveals The Scale Of England’s...
The UK has around 1,500 individual river systems, totalling over 200,000km in length. It’s common for sewers here to accept both untreated human waste and rainwater in a combined system. Water and...
How Many Lives Have Coronavirus Vaccines Saved? We Used State...
More than 200 million U.S. residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine with the expectation that the vaccines slow virus transmission and save lives. Researchers know the efficacy...
Nigeria At 61: A Giant With Challenging Crises Amid Opportunities
As Nigeria marks its 61st anniversary of independence, its citizens are stuck in a general anomie of despondency. This is as a result of general insecurity in the country, rising unemployment and...
Viruses Are Both The Villains And Heroes Of Life As We Know It
Viruses have a bad reputation. They are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic and a long list of maladies that have plagued humanity since time immemorial. Is there anything to celebrate about them...
Violence And Mental Health Are Likely To Get Worse In A Warming...
Extreme weather has been the cause of some of the biggest public health crises across the world in recent years. In many cases, these have been enhanced by human-induced climate change. For instance...
What’s Behind The Magic Of Live Music?
For months, fans were relegated to watching their favourite singers and musicians over Zoom or via webcasts. Now, live shows – from festivals like Lollapalooza to Broadway musicals – are officially...
More ‘Disease’ Than ‘Dracula’ – How The Vampire Myth Was Born
The vampire is a common image in today’s pop culture, and one that takes many forms: from Alucard, the dashing spawn of Dracula in the PlayStation game “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night”; to...
Scientists Sound The Alarm Over Drought In East Africa: What...
Every few years, it is devastating to watch the same tragedy: a weather cycle that brings debilitating drought and hunger to East Africa, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of people...
Ivermectin Is A Nobel Prize-Winning Wonder Drug – But Not For...
Ivermectin is an over 30-year-old wonder drug that treats life- and sight-threatening parasitic infections. Its lasting influence on global health has been so profound that two of the key researchers...