Tinnitus seems linked with sleep – understanding how could bring closer to finding a cure: People with tinnitus are more likely to have disturbed sleep. Prostock-studio/ Shutterstock Around 15% of the world’s population suffers from tinnitus, a condition which causes someone to hear a sound (such as ringing or buzzing) without any external source. It’s …
Understanding Digital Marketing: Understanding Digital Marketing by Isilumko Activate Understanding Digital Marketing Digital marketing isn’t just one discipline; it’s a collection of unique marketing techniques that optimize internet space for businesses and consumers. Internet marketing has become a staple in marketing campaign efforts because of its reach and overall cost. For example, the University of Minnesota reports …
My guide to understanding Git rebase -i: My guide to understanding Git rebase -i Vaishnavi R Tue, 04/05/2022 – 03:00 Up Register or Login to like. Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. It is an essential …
Understanding the Digital World: My honest book review: I read a lot of books. I especially like to read books about computers, Linux, and the digital world we live in. I also enjoy reading books on the history of computing about and by and the people who helped make this digital world what it is …
Words about mental health need to align with people’s understanding of well being: Flourishing as a concept involves what it means to live a good life. Sunshine Seeds/Shutterstock In South Africa, English is only the sixth most common language spoken within households. But it’s dominant outside the home, including health and medical contexts. Communicating information …
Misogyny in police forces: understanding and fixing ‘cop culture’: The Metropolitan Police are under fire after an official investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) revealed details of officers exchanging discriminatory and misogynistic messages. These included discussions about hitting and raping women, with reference to specific female colleagues, which officers involved dismissed as …
Florence Bell: the ‘housewife’ who played a key part in our understanding of DNA: When the Yorkshire Evening News reported on an address delivered by 25-year-old physicist Florence Bell at a scientific conference held in Leeds in 1939, it wasn’t her science that made the headlines, but simply the fact that she was a woman …
Three reasons why climate change models are our best hope for understanding the future: Dan Moeller/Shutterstock It’s a common argument among climate deniers: scientific models cannot predict the future, so why should we trust them to tell us how the climate will change? This trope recently surfaced in an interview with Canadian psychologist and author …
Understanding vaccine hesitancy in South Africa: shutterstock Vaccine hesitancy is the delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination, where vaccination services are available. It’s a diverse phenomenon: people may have different degrees of hesitancy, and may refuse some vaccines but agree to others. In 2019, the World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy as one of …
South Africa in the news: Understanding significance of colours: If you have ever wondered about the significance of colours in terms of the Christian faith, a workshop being held in December will answer your questions. It takes place on 11 December in Hartenbos …: “South Africa” – BingNews Robo Advisors Can Help You Make The …
Endometriosis: understanding how sufferers describe pain could lead to faster diagnosis: Women wait up to eight years to receive an endometriosis diagnosis. Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock Though endometriosis affects an estimated one in ten women of reproductive age, most women with the condition visit a GP over ten times before being referred to specialist care …
Child slavery in West Africa: understanding cocoa farming is key to ending the practice: Cocoa farming in West Africa is tinged with socio-cultural activities that are misunderstood by the West Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA In 2000 and 2001, the use of child slaves on cocoa farms in West Africa was exposed in a series of …
White privilege: what it is, what it means and why understanding it matters: A protest against racial injustice and police violence in Spain. Josep LAGO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEP LAGO/AFP A prestigious, private school in Pretoria, South Africa, recently became a site of protest. Black learners and parents accused Cornwall Hill College of rejecting …
A guide to understanding your team's implicit values and needs: Culture matters in open organizations. But “culture” seems like such a large, complicated concept to address. How can we help open organization teams better understand it? read more: Opensource.com Ron McFarland Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?
How summer 2021 has changed our understanding of extreme weather: A succession of record-breaking natural disasters have swept the globe in recent weeks. There have been serious floods in China and western Europe, heatwaves and drought in North America and wildfires in the sub-Arctic. An annual report on the UK’s weather indicates extreme events are …
Many of us feel ’empty’ – understanding what it means is important for improving our mental health: Many of us may have described feeling 'empty' before. fizkes/ Shutterstock It’s likely you have felt “empty” at some point in your life – or perhaps you’ve heard someone else describe themselves in that way. But while this …
A new understanding of how the human brain controls our hands – new research: Shutterstock/PopTika Understanding how the brain controls certain actions – such picking up a knife in the correct way – is important for many reasons. One of these is working towards the development of brain-computer interfaces that may help people with artificial …
Dinosaurs: how our understanding of what they looked like keeps changing: Microraptor: fossils show it had feathers on each limb. Michael Rosskothen via Shutterstock This is a transcript of episode 11 of The Conversation Weekly podcast Dinosaurs: from giant reptiles to warm-blooded, feathered creatures, how our understanding of what they looked like has changed. In …