China’s support for Mali’s military carries risks: researcher outlines what they are: Mali, a landlocked Sahelian nation of 25 million people, has faced significant instability since 2012, marked by terrorism, state neglect and armed conflicts. That year a Tuareg rebellion started in northern Mali and President Amadou Toumani Touré was ousted in a military coup. …
South Africa’s public protector has a vital watchdog role. Researcher offers tips on how the selection process can be improved: Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane at her impeachment hearing in Cape Town. Lombard/Gallo Images via Getty Images The end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994 made it necessary to establish several institutions to underpin the …
Five steps every researcher should take to ensure participants are not harmed and are fully heard: Research comes with risks, so participants must be protected and supported as much as possible. bangoland/Shutterstock Academic research is not always abstract or theoretical. Nor does it take place in a vacuum. Research in many different disciplines is often …
Wordle – the best word to start the game, according to a language researcher: Anna Watson/Alamy If you’ve been on any social media platform in the past two weeks, you’ve probably seen a grid of green, yellow and black squares. This is the latest pandemic phenomenon called Wordle – a free online game that gives …
Chemical pollution exceeds safe planetary limit: researcher Q+A on consequences for life on Earth: The production and release of plastics, pesticides, industrial compounds, antibiotics and other pollutants is now happening so fast and on such a large scale that it has exceeded the planetary boundary for chemical pollution, the safe limit for humanity, a new …
Ten ways to cut shipping’s contribution to climate change – from a researcher: Container ships transport millions of tonnes of goods across the planet. Julius_Silver/Pixabay In the middle of this summer’s shocking fires and floods came the grimmest climate science report yet from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warning of a “code red …
Report from Europe’s flood zone: researcher calls out early warning system gridlock amid shocking loss of life: It was close to midnight when I received a phone call from my sister telling me that our parent’s house was under water. Neither she nor they really knew what to do next. They were in a state …
‘Each burning pyre is an unspeakable, screeching horror’ – one researcher on the frontline of India’s COVID crisis: Global health researcher Vyoma Dhar Sharma had just embarked on a fieldwork trip to India as COVID-19 began sweeping through the population and overwhelming hospitals. It has taken a terrible toll on her country – and her …
Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe: academic mentor and researcher who made an impact in Nigerian science: Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe Courtesy The Nigerian Academy of Science Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, who passed away earlier this year, was the former president of the Nigeria Academy of Science. He was also a former vice-chancellor of both the University of Lagos and of Alex Ekwueme …
South Africa in the news: More work needed to identify risk from Nigeria strain, says researcher: A researcher who identified a novel coronavirus variant in Nigeria has cautioned against automatic assumptions that it poses similar risks to strains that have emerged elsewhere.: “South Africa” – BingNews Du Plessis, South Africa punish injury-hit Lanka: AFP Centurion …
Coronavirus new variant – genomics researcher answers key questions: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of the disease in parts of the UK. The government has placed some regions including London under new, stricter coronavirus restrictions, known as Tier 4. People in …
South Africa in the news: In a warming world, Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ drought won’t be an anomaly, Stanford researcher says: Using new high-resolution simulations, researchers conclude that climate change made the Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ drought five to six times more likely and suggest extreme drought events could become …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
South Africa in the news: International maritime researcher ‘proud’ to add to Liverpool’s heritage: Maritime, Liverpool, industry links, professional training, port, heritage, employability, international students, research, management, School of Engineering …: “South Africa” – BingNews Ex-Wasps rugby player, 69, was stabbed to death as he walked home from pub, court hears: A former Wasps rugby …
Researcher in Va. ‘Half Car Seat, Half Man’ Video Revealed: Who could forget that moment when News4's transportation reporter Adam Tuss discovered that a supposed self-driving van in Arlington was actually being driven by a guy in a car seat costume! A few months later, Adam tracked down the costumed driver and found out the …
Christian researcher warns rapture will begin Saturday: John Meade, a Christian researcher, told The Washington Post the rapture will happen Saturday–33 days after last month's eclipse. John Meade, a Christian researcher, told The Washington Post the rapture will happen Saturday–33 days after last month's eclipse. : Weird News Man robs gas station, getaway car runs …
BA meltdown: crisis researcher caught in the chaos reports on a massive airline failure: Has someone tried switching it off and on again? Denis Fischbacher-Smith For an academic who has spent more than 30 years researching organisational crises it was something of an odd experience to be in the middle of the British Airways IT …
DOCUMENT: MIT Researcher Busted In Online Sex Sting: APRIL 2–After arranging a sexual tryst with a woman and her two minor daughters, a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week flew to Colorado, where he was arrested by federal agents who had ensnared him in an undercover sting. Yaron Segal, 30, was …