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Smart cities start with people, not technology: lessons from Westbury, Johannesburg
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Rennie Naidoo, Professor of Information Systems, University of the Witwatersrand Protesters blocking roads in Johannesburg, demanding a reliable water supply. Photo: Silver Sibiya GroundUp, CC BY-NC-ND African cities are growing at an incredible pace. With this growth comes a mix of opportunity and challenge. How…
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Armed banditry is becoming a crisis in Nigeria: why fixing the police is key
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Onyedikachi Madueke, PhD Candidate in Nigerian Security, University of Aberdeen Armed banditry in Nigeria has escalated into a full-blown security crisis, particularly in the north-west and north-central regions. What began as sporadic attacks has now morphed into coordinated campaigns of terror affecting entire communities. In…
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Older adults who follow healthy diets accumulate chronic diseases more slowly – new study
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adrián Carballo Casla, Postdoctoral Researcher in Geriatric Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet Studio Romantic/Shutterstock Imagine two people in their 70s. Both are active, live independently and enjoy life. But over the next 15 years, one of them develops two or three chronic illnesses – heart disease, diabetes, depression…
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Gaza is starving: what actions can Israel’s allies take?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation For the past few weeks the headlines about Gaza have focused on the hundreds of people who have been killed while queueing for food. The aid distribution system put in place in May, backed by the…
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Mountains of fire: what hillwalking with my father taught me about the origins of oil exploration
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Yvonne Reddick, Reader in English Literature and Creative Writing, University of Lancashire “Far over the misty mountains cold,” Dad read. Every evening before my light was turned out, he read me a story about a hobbit who left his comfortable burrow to journey to the Lonely…
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My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mathelinda Nabugodi, Lecturer in Comparative Literature, UCL Portrait of Madeleine by Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1800). Louvre According to one strand of history, slavery was abolished when Europeans found their conscience. According to another, it was abolished when it stopped being profitable. Both approaches tend to underplay the…
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Street lamps aren’t the only form of artificial light pollution – here’s how to create darker nights
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Georgia MacMillan, PhD Scholar – Research Ireland Employment Based Scheme, University of Galway Without a view of the stars at night, Don McLean would never have been able to write Vincent and Vincent van Gogh would not have painted Starry Night. Viewing a sky full of…
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School shootings leave lasting scars on local economies, research shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Muzeeb Shaik, Assistant Professor, Indiana University A mourner pays tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012. Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty Images Fatal school shootings don’t just devastate communities emotionally – they also harm…
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Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Stephanie N. Del Tufo, Assistant Professor of Education & Human Development, University of Delaware Reading and listening are two different brain functions. Do we need to do both? Goads Agency/E+ via Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have…
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Due process: What it means in US law and its implications for migrant rights
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ray Brescia, Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, Albany Law School A core principle of the U.S. justice system is that the government must act in accordance with the rule of law. arsenisspyros, iStock Getty Images As the United States edges up to the 250th…