How lichens are bringing stone to life and reconnecting us with the natural world: Lichens at Blenheim Palace. Ian Wallman , CC BY-SA Lichens on stone, those “still explosions” as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, which is remarkable when you consider how commonplace they are. It seems these …
The Moana effect: how small island developing states are bringing their struggle against climate change to the world: Walking through the delegation pavilion at the UN climate summit, Cop29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Moana blue Pacific pavilion grabbed my attention more than any other. This pavilion is named after the spirited young girl from the …
Uganda’s tax system isn’t bringing in enough revenue but is targeting small business the answer?: Uganda, with a fiscal deficit of 5.6% in 2023, has increasingly turned to local resources to make up for its revenue shortfall since the World Bank suspended its funding on 8 August 2023 over the country’s anti-homosexuality law. In early …
HMV is back on Oxford Street bringing the old-school music experience to a new generation: “What musicians want,” said composer Sir Edward Elgar as he inaugurated the first HMV shop in London in 1921, “is more listeners, and the dissemination of good music by the gramophone will give us a new public which will … …
‘Digital necromancy’: why bringing people back from the dead with AI is just an extension of our grieving practices: Generative AI – which encompasses large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT but also image and video generators like DALL·E 2 – supercharges what has come to be known as “digital necromancy”, the conjuring of the dead …
The cross-Africa dance company bringing new life to Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring: At its premiere in 1913, Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring shocked audiences and divided critics. The ballet centred around a straightforward yet brutal narrative – a community selects a sacrificial victim, a virgin who will be martyred to their …
Top 50 Google Search Queries Bringing Traffic to MyPR: At the end of the day anyone that submits a press release to MyPR wants to know that their article can and will be found by people searching for relevant and timeous information. No matter how you spin it, Google Search is still the benchmark when …
Nigeria’s response to the Sudan crisis is lacking – it could play a leading role in bringing peace: People fleeing war-torn Sudan on 13 May 2023. Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images Hostilities between rival military parties in Sudan had claimed more than 600 lives by May 2023. The infighting has mostly been between the Sudanese …
Finding Ukraine’s stolen children and bringing perpetrators to justice: lessons from Argentina: The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s children commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova on March 17. They were accused of the war crime of unlawful deportation and transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia. As of April …
Ukraine war: drones are transforming the conflict, bringing Russia on to the frontline: Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg spoke recently of his fear that the war in Ukraine could spin out of control into a full-blown confrontation between Russia and the west. “If things go wrong, they can go horribly wrong,” he told Norwegian broadcaster NRK. …
Helping reduce loadshedding’s impact one appliance at a time: How Plentify is Bringing a Radical, Energy-Saving Solution to Market: At a time when loadshedding has never been worse, smart energy company Plentify is building a revolutionary solution for South Africa. Created by the former energy leaders of Google, IBM Research and Tesla Energy in Africa, …
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3 ideas for bringing innersource to your company: Like open source, innersource is all about being transparent and collaborative. This usually leads to a sense of belonging that favors employee happiness if done right. Regardless of org charts, geographies, or expertise levels, innersource creates an inclusive environment where employees contribute and collaborate in the open …
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Bringing the metaverse to life: how I built a virtual reality for my students — and what I’ve learnt along the way: Author provided We’ve been hearing a lot recently about the metaverse – a vision for the internet which uses technology like virtual and augmented reality to integrate real and digital worlds. With Facebook …
Bringing people of different faiths together to solve the world’s problems is a noble goal – but it’s hard to know what it achieves: Wall art of Indian Hindu and Muslim hugging each other in religious tolerance and harmony. Reddees/Shutterstock An estimated 84% of the global population identifies with a religion. This is over 6.5 …
Ice stupas: the artificial mini glaciers bringing water to some of the driest, coldest places on Earth: Nishant Tiku/University of Aberdeen, Author provided Glaciers are not just spectacular indicators of climate change as they shrink and disappear due to global warming. They are also, for many communities, an irreplaceable source of fresh water. During the …