Assisted dying – medical anthropolgist on the complex practical and ethical road ahead: Steve Travelguide/Shutterstock The House of Commons narrowly passed the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill on June 20, a significant step toward legalising assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill must still pass through the House of Lords before it …
South African Businesses Need Specialised Payroll Software to Navigate Complex Compliance Landscape: CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA — South African businesses face unique payroll management challenges that require specialised software solutions, according to industry experts. With frequent changes to tax regulations and compliance requirements, companies need purpose-built payroll systems that address the specific demands of the South …
Kindertransport’s complex legacy: saving children from the Nazis while leaving their families behind: When 200 unaccompanied child refugees arrived in Harwich, Essex, in early December 1938, they did so through a new visa-waiver scheme. These children from Berlin were escaping Nazi persecution, and eventually more than 10,000 children – mostly from Jewish families – would …
Lucy Letby investigation: UK corporate manslaughter cases tend to be complex and can take years to reach a finding: Police have launched a corporate manslaughter investigation at the Chester hospital that employed Lucy Letby, a former nurse recently convicted of murdering seven babies in the hospital’s neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016. Corporate manslaughter charges …
Jellyfish: our complex relationship with the oceans’ anti-heroes: The purple-striped Jellyfish (Chrysaora colorata) Lukas Gojda/Shutterstock Ding! The courier hands me an unassuming brown box with “live animals” plastered on the side. I begin carefully unboxing. The cardboard exterior gives way to a white polystyrene clamshell, cloistering a pearly sphere-shaped, water-filled bag. Lightly pulsing, I spot …
Schmigadoon!: darker musical influences make season two a more complex, but satisfying watch: Warning: the following article contains spoilers for Schmigadoon! series one and two. Apple TV’s musical comedy Schmigadoon! has just aired its second series. It follows couple Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) in their adventures in the magical town of Schmigadoon, …
Belfast has more peace walls now than 25 years ago – removing them will be a complex challenge: Since the first paramilitary ceasefires in 1994, the Northern Ireland peace process has addressed a series of contentious issues. Prisoners have been released, weapons decommissioned. Policing and power sharing have been discussed. Quite how the conflict shaped …
South Africa and Israel: new memorial park in the Jewish state highlights complex history: An artist's impression of Gan Siyobonga memorial park in Israel. Supplied by author Israeli officials and Jewish South African activists have inaugurated a memorial park in Tel Mond, a city north of Tel Aviv. Opened in in November 2022, Gan Siyabonga …
Pompeii’s House of the Vettii reopens: a reminder that Roman sexuality was far more complex than simply gay or straight: As Pompeii’s House of the Vettii finally reopens after a long process of restoration, news outlets appear to be struggling with how to report on the Roman sex cultures so well recorded in the ruins …
Mining and armed conflict threaten eastern DRC’s biodiversity in a complex web: Artisanal miners take a break on a mountaintop that is being mined for cassiterite south-west of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2017. Griff Tapper/AFP via Getty Images The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) conflict-affected eastern provinces are home to numerous protected areas. …
Daydreaming’s dark side: the compulsive, complex fantasy disorder that dominates some people’s daily lives: Maladaptive daydreaming differs from regular daydreaming in many ways. fizkes/ Shutterstock Despite what we’re often taught to believe, daydreaming can be immensely useful. Not only can it be a source of pleasure and a way to relieve boredom, research shows that …
How a quest for mathematical truth and complex models can lead to useless scientific predictions – new research: The mathematical concept of a fractal is a never-ending pattern. G. DAWSON/Flickr, CC BY-SA A dominant view in science is that there is a mathematical truth structuring the universe. It is assumed that the scientist’s job is …
Cost of living: four ways to stop banks and companies using complex maths against you: You can do it. Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock The cost of living crisis is dominating headlines at the moment. With so much conflicting information flying around, it can be hard to work out what is the best way to look after your household …
The world is getting exponentially more complex – here’s how we navigate it: jqpubliq/Shutterstock, CC BY-SA Living organisms, our planet and even the entire universe are getting ever more complex with time. “Complex” doesn’t just mean “complicated”: it means that the parts of a system interact in ways that give rise to properties that can …
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder explained: Stephanie Foo, an award-winning radio producer, suffers from complex post-traumatic stress disorder, a disorder that in her country (the US) “doesn’t officially exist”. In her new book, What My Bones Know, Foo writes movingly about what it’s like to live with complex PTSD and her long journey to getting a …
Unintended pregnancy rates are highest in Africa: a look at the complex reasons: Unintended pregnancy, especially among young people, can be disempowering. Belen B Massieu/shutterstock The United Nations Population Fund recently released the 2022 State of World Population report. It highlights that almost half of all pregnancies between 2015 and 2019 were unintended. That amounts …
Agriculture is linked with malaria in complex ways: evidence from 16 African countries: When done unsustainably, agricultural development can harm human health. Nikada via GettyImages The African population is expected to triple by 2100. This means that more food, water and agricultural commodities are required. To meet these needs, African governments and development agencies have …
Ukraine war: inside the complex web of Russia’s warring intelligence agencies: Russian intelligence chief Sergey Beseda and his deputy, Anatoly Bolyukh, were placed under house arrest on March 9. Beseda and Bolyukh oversaw the foreign intelligence branch of the FSB, which is the Russian security service. They were allegedly the main proponents of the assumption …