23% of South Africa’s children suffer from severe hunger: we tested some solutions – experts: A 2024 Unicef report found that 23% of South African children experience severe food poverty, eating less than two of the recommended five food groups per day. Unemployment, food insecurity, limited access to basic services and a lack of knowledge …
Experts have challenged the medical case against Lucy Letby. What about the statistical evidence?: An international panel of medical experts have thrust Lucy Letby back into the spotlight. At a press conference convened by Letby’s legal team, the experts cast doubt over the former nurse’s conviction. Letby was given 15 whole-life sentences for murdering seven …
Why personal climate action matters – according to experts: EL_Images/Shutterstock Do you feel powerless? You probably aren’t responsible for the investment decisions of an energy company, nor do you have a hand in government policy. But still, you are reading about climate change – a problem that can easily seem intractable to most people. The Veganuary …
King’s speech 2024: experts react to the new government’s plans: The king’s speech has been delivered, marking the state opening of parliament (technically, this was the first king’s speech with a Labour government in 74 years). The speech was written by Keir Starmer’s government, not the king, and lays out the government’s agenda for the …
Party leaders grilled by public in election Question Time – experts dissect the key issues: In one of the last in a string of special election broadcasts, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour leader Keir Starmer, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Scotland’s first minister, the SNP leader John Swinney, have faced questions from a live …
Les classements des universités sont non scientifiques et nuisent à l’éducation, selon des experts: Nous établissons des classements pour presque tout : les dix meilleurs restaurants à proximité, les meilleures villes à visiter, les meilleurs films à voir. Pour déterminer la validité de ces classements, il faut savoir qui en sont les auteurs et leurs …
Unusual ancient elephant tracks had our team of fossil experts stumped – how we solved the mystery: Elephants communicate underground by generating seismic waves. Anadolu Agency Over the past 15 years, through our scientific study of tracks and traces, we have identified more than 350 fossil vertebrate tracksites from South Africa’s Cape south coast. Most …
The seven best books of 2023 reviewed by our experts: We have covered a lot of new releases this year but these seven really impressed our experts. There’s a feminist retelling of a classic, a twist on the murder mystery from the greatest voice in horror and a giggle-inducing ride through the Middle Ages – …
The seven best TV shows of 2023 reviewed by our experts: This year has been a memorable one for television. From the scintillating Succession finale to animated AI dramas, these are the seven shows that had our academic experts glued to the small screen in 2023. 1. Happy Valley season three, BBC iPlayer First hitting …
All the video games shortlisted for the 2023 Game Awards – reviewed by experts: Six games have been shortlisted for the 2023 Game Awards – the industry’s equivalent of the Oscars. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on December 7. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Platform: PlayStation 5 Modern life is …
Building African cities that cope with climate shocks – experts outline what it will take: The international climate change negotiations began almost three decades ago when many were still hesitant to accept that human activities were changing the planet. Now the scientific evidence is unequivocal. Climate change is a major threat to our wellbeing, the …
South Africa’s immigration proposals are based on false claims and poor logic – experts: The South African government recently issued a long-awaited policy statement – called a White Paper – outlining proposed changes to the country’s asylum and immigration system. More than 20 years after its first post-apartheid immigration legislation in 1998, immigration remains a …
Autumn statement: experts react to national insurance and business tax cuts: UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, with his 2023 Autumn Statement. Simon Walker/No 10 Downing Street/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND The UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, as announced a raft of changes to the tax and benefit system as part of the government’s autumn statement. They included: main employee …
Booker Prize 2023: the six shortlisted books reviewed by our experts: From a longlist of 12, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on November 26. Western Lane by Chetna Maroo Chetna Maroo’s subtle novel follows a British Asian girl, …
SAD lamps: do they work? Experts explain how they help the winter blues: Have you ever noted that you sleep more in the winter months? Or eat more carbs or have low energy? If you do, then you might be one of the around 6% of the higher latitude populations with seasonal affective disorder (SAD). …
JFK assassination 60 years on: seven experts on what to watch, see and read to understand the event and its consequences: John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy in the limousine in Dallas minutes before the assassination. Walt Cisco/Dallas Morning News November 22 2023 marks 60 years since US president John F. Kennedy was shot and …
West Africa’s plastic waste could be fuelling the economy instead of polluting the ocean: experts: A beach littered with plastic and other waste in the fishing village of Kayar, north of Dakar, Senegal. Bara Deme, Author provided Plastic pollution is an urgent environmental issue, globally. Every year, about eight million tonnes of plastic end up …
Infections from a diarrhoea-causing parasite are on the rise in the UK – but experts aren’t quite sure why: Only two species of the _Cryptosporidium_ parasite cause infections in humans. Kateryna Kon/ Shutterstock Infections from a parasite which can cause long-lasting, severe diarrhoea has seen an “unprecedented and ongoing” surge across the UK. This increase …