Source: https://timeforequality.org/ “बहुत ही बेचैनियां पाली हमने एक सुकून की तलाश में…” “Bahut hi Bechainiyan pali humne Ek sukun to talash me…” It translates to following: “We have kept palpitations close to our heart in search of just peace. We are in the moment of human evolution when we often hear the words women-empowerment, women-right, … Read more
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Photo by Danielle MacInnes on Unsplash Joanne Dickson, Edith Cowan University For many cultures, the dawn of the new year is marked not only with celebration, but also the opportunity for personal reflection and growth. But as the year progresses, our initial drive for self-betterment can falter. The good news is our tendency to give up can be … Read more
Be it sustainability, be it health benefits, or be it peace at home, sitting may have positive impacts; however, the choice is still yours—should you lift or leave the seat resting on the bowl while carrying your business standing, or should the toilet be something we sit on, not aim at!
Australia PM Scott Morrison ( File Photo | AP) Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison has demanded China apologise for – and Twitter remove – a highly offensive tweet depicting an Australian soldier with a knife to the throat of a child. Morrison described the tweet as disgusting and utterly outrageous. Australia … Read more
Shutterstock Nicholas Wood, University of Sydney AstraZeneca has become the latest pharmaceutical company to reveal promising results in clinical trials, for its viral vector vaccine developed with the University of Oxford. In a group given two full doses of the vaccine at least one month apart, the vaccine demonstrated 62% efficacy at preventing COVID. Interestingly, … Read more
F8 Studio/Shutterstock Zania Stamataki, University of Birmingham There was – rightfully – a lot of excitement when Pfizer and BioNTech announced interim results from their COVID vaccine trial. The vaccine, called BNT162b2, was reported to have an “efficacy rate above 90%”. This was soon translated in the press to be 90% “effective” at preventing COVID-19. … Read more
NASA / Tracy Caldwell Dyson Alice Gorman, Flinders University and Justin St. P. Walsh, Chapman University November 2 marks 20 years since the first residents arrived on the International Space Station (ISS). The orbiting habitat has been continuously occupied ever since. Twenty straight years of life in space makes the ISS the ideal “natural laboratory” … Read more
Shutterstock TaeWoo Kim, University of Technology Sydney Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own lives? This article is part of The Conversation’s series on the science of free will. Have you ever … Read more
Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash The Covid-19 virus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. As per study pathogen that causes the flu survives on human skin for approximately 1.8 hours—far lesser in comparison to SARS-CoV-2. Study … Read more
Credit: Dave Lowe on Unsplash If you are a proud resident of Delhi, you must have seen blue rectangular metro card. If you have seen, you all are my league: riding the convoy of six or even eight cars, in par with convoy of President Trump. As soon I come out from my car, moving stairs pull … Read more
A miniature of Avicenna. Wikimedia Commons Darius Sepehri, University of Sydney Over a thousand years ago, Nuh ibn Mansur, the reigning prince of the medieval city of Bukhara, fell badly ill. The doctors, unable to do anything for him, were forced to send for a young man named Ibn Sina, who was already renowned, despite … Read more
H Shaw on Unsplash A team of researchers in China have found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower risk of catching COVID-19. The report, published in JAMA Ophthalmology, noticed that since the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in December 2019, few patients with spectacles were admitted to hospital suffering from COVID-19. To have a deeper … Read more
JIM LO SCALZO/EPA Ben Rich, Curtin University US President Donald Trump heralded nothing short of “the dawn of a new Middle East” as the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements normalising ties with Israel during a ceremony at the White House this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed that sentiment, … Read more
James Lindsay, Queen Mary University of London Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has announced that he is retiring due to worsening health. The condition 65-year-old Abe suffers from is ulcerative colitis. But what exactly is this disease? Ulcerative colitis is a long-term condition that causes the lining of the colon and rectum to become inflamed … Read more