Opinion
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Dozens of Traumatized Afghan Kids Struggle Inside a Shelter That’s Ill-Equipped to Care for Them
“This story was originally published by ProPublica.” Some children who were evacuated from Afghanistan and are being cared for at…
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Reflections of my 25 Years Journey in Toastmasters – Part III
For the next six years, I did not hold any office. This was a break as I was continuously holding…
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Are our phones really designed to slow down over time? Experts look at the evidence
It’s usually around this time of year you hear people complain about their phones slowing down. Apple and Google release…
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A solution from the pain of COVID-19: Men should sit while peeing
Be it sustainability, be it health benefits, or be it peace at home, sitting may have positive impacts; however, the…
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Idea of shorter working week is gaining momentum
Source: https://neweconomics.org/ The number of working days in a week varies globally. In some part of the world, the workweek…
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COP28: four key issues that will dominate the latest UN climate summit
The United Nations Environment Programme recently published a report with an unusually strong title for a UN body: “Emissions Gap…
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COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?
Day one of the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a “loss and damage” fund to…
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The Ethical Slut has been called ‘the bible’ of non-monogamy – but its sexual utopia is oversimplified
The book, Ethical Slut, is divided into four parts, each offering mental exercises to help readers embrace a sexually diverse…
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Why do some people who experience childhood trauma seem unaffected by it?
Childhood trauma is taken into consideration in criminal sentencing and is accepted as a factor that can contribute to substance…
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Plants are likely to absorb more CO₂ in a changing climate than we thought – here’s why
The world’s vegetation has a remarkable ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air and store it as biomass.…
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How do bacteria actually become resistant to antibiotics?
“What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger”, originally coined by Friedrich Nietzsche in 1888, is a perfect description of how…
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Researchers warn we could run out of data to train AI by 2026. What then?
As artificial intelligence (AI) reaches the peak of its popularity, researchers have warned the industry might be running out of…
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Israel-Hamas war: history shows the dangers of a creeping occupation
The US president, Joe Biden, has warned Israel that occupying Gaza “would be a big mistake”. The warning seemed to…
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Hamas and Hezbollah: how they are different and why they might cooperate against Israel
As Israel prepares for a massive military operation against Hamas in Gaza, risks of an escalating regional conflict loom large.…
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Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature for giving ‘voice to the unsayable’
Jon Fosse has just been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature for his “innovative plays and prose which give…
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