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Veronika Haulenga

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Africa

Opinion: Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe, not fit to lead SADC

    Opinion Piece By Vitalio Angula, Social Political Commentator and Independent Columnist   The Republic of Zimbabwe will assume the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairmanship on 17th August 2024, taking over Angola, the previous Chair. Notwithstanding rising reports of repression, assaults and crackdowns on members of the opposition and civil society organizations in the country, Zimbabwe is nonetheless set to host the 44th Summit of SADC Heads of […]

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Health / Medical

What your nails can tell you about your health

An example of koilonychia (‘spoon nail’). iweevy/Shutterstock   By Dan Baumgardt, University of Bristol   As a medical student, nails were one part of my anatomy course that I really struggled with. I found it difficult, at first, to stomach the sight of painful nail injuries. My squeamishness may have stemmed from witnessing someone sharply removing a plaster from their stubbed big toe – only to take the whole toenail […]

today8 August, 2024 107

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Assessing opportunities and drawbacks, building nuclear power plant reactor to meet Namibia’s electricity needs

  Opinion Piece Josef Kefas Sheehama Energy security demands a reduction in reliance on imported fossil fuels as everyone braces for the potential of an impending energy apocalypse. Namibia must prioritize building a nuclear power plant reactor if it wants to surpass its current position and become a leader in energy self-sufficiency. The most cost-effective way for Namibia to boost energy security and resilience while diversifying its sources of electricity […]

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Environment

Oceans without sharks would be far less healthy – new research

  Gray reef sharks and blacktip reef sharks near Tahiti, French Polynesia. Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images   By Michael Heithaus, Florida International University   There are more than 500 species of sharks in the world’s oceans, from the 7-inch dwarf lantern shark to whale sharks that can grow to over 35 feet long. They’re found from polar waters to the equator, at the water’s surface and miles deep, in the open […]

today7 August, 2024 25

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Four reasons why physically punishing school children doesn’t work

a Conrad Hughes, Université de Genève When I was a child I went to school in South Africa. This was the late 1970s. At school, the teachers would hit us. It was called getting the cane, the cane being a long, flexible stick. This tradition, exported from a Dickensian Victorian English model, was very popular with some teachers. They were seen as terrors: you didn’t want to get the cane […]

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Business / Economics

Workplace discrimination saps everyone’s motivation − even if it works in your favor

Brent Simpson, University of South Carolina When people work for discriminatory managers, they put in less effort. That’s true both when managers are biased against them and when they’re biased in their favor, according to a new paper that Nicholas Heiserman of Oklahoma State University and I have published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. To demonstrate this, we placed nearly 1,200 research participants in several experiments designed to mimic […]

today7 August, 2024 24

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Entertainment

Sunscreens can hurt the marine environment – here’s how to choose one that’s healthy for you and the sea

Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock   By Anneliese Hodge, Plymouth Marine Laboratory   Choosing which sunscreen to use can be mind-boggling. Should you choose one with the highest sun protection factor (SPF) or another with “reef-safe” or “coral-friendly” credentials? Is it best to opt for a spray or a lotion? What’s the difference between a mineral or chemical-based formula? On my ventures to the beach to snorkel and surf, I am forever seeing a […]

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Young people brought down Bangladesh’s repressive leader. Will they now be empowered to lead real change?

  By Intifar Chowdhury, Flinders University “Inni, we are independent!” my 26-year-old cousin chanted from Shahbagh, a neighbourhood in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, as millions joined a major protest march on Monday to the country’s Parliament House. Soon after, social media was flooded with news of “a new independence” – a free Bangladesh reborn after the autocratic leader of over 15 years, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, fled the country in the […]

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Rich countries are paying poorer ones to manage their refugee crises: 3 reasons this is dangerous

        By Ali Bhagat, Simon Fraser University and Genevieve LeBaron, Simon Fraser University     In recent years, western nations have been sending asylum seekers who arrive at their borders to other countries. This is a practice known as offshoring. The UK has become the recent poster country of this practice. The UK, whose plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was later scrapped after domestic and […]

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