Category: English
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Climate change is making cities hotter. Here’s how planting trees can help
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Lingshan Li, PhD candidate, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University Canada’s climate is warming twice as fast as the global average, and many cities will experience at least four times as many extreme heat events (days above 30 C) per year in the coming…
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Why we used to sleep in two segments – and how the modern shift changed our sense of time
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Darren Rhodes, Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology and Environmental Temporal Cognition Lab Director, Keele University, Keele University Albert Joseph Moore/Shutterstock Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3am and wonder if something’s wrong. It…
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Nigeria’s government is using digital technology to repress citizens. A researcher explains how
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Chibuzo Achinivu, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vassar College Digital authoritarianism is a new way governments are trying to control citizens using digital and information technology. It is a growing concern for advocacy groups and those interested in freedom and democracy. It is especially…
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Luxury tourism is a risky strategy for African economies – new study of Botswana, Mauritius, Rwanda
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Pritish Behuria, Reader in Politics, Governance and Development, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester Mauritius led the luxury tourism trend in Africa with all-inclusive resorts. Heritage Awali/yourgolftravel.com, CC BY-NC-ND How successful is luxury tourism in Africa? What happens if it fails to produce higher tourism revenues:…
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Ecoball: how to turn picking up litter into a game for kids
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Solaja Mayowa Oludele, Lecturing, Olabisi Onabanjo University Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Every year humanity produces nearly 300 million tonnes of plastic. Only a fraction ever gets recycled. Most ends up in rivers, oceans and soil, slowly breaking down into tiny, invisible microplastics that get into what…
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Scary stories for kids: A Series of Unfortunate Events taught me that grief can’t be understood but can be managed
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rebecca Wynne-Walsh, Lecturer in Film, English and Creative Arts, Edge Hill University Brett Helquist/HarperCollins Sourcing family friendly frightening fiction can be a bit challenging. That said, while straightforward horror texts rarely serve family audiences, the gothic is a mode of storytelling that has a long history…
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What Belfast’s changing murals can tell us about peace
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dylan O’Driscoll, Associate Professor in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation, Coventry University One of the murals from the study. Author provided, CC BY-SA The walls of Belfast in Northern Ireland are more than just brick and mortar. They are canvases for public communication, reflecting the city’s history…
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Celebrity Traitors: why we sweat when we’re nervous – or lying
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University This article contains spoilers for the current season of Celebrity Traitors. When TV comedian Alan Carr was selected to be a traitor, his joy quickly turned to anxiety. He proclaimed he had a “sweating problem” – and that he…
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Renters’ Rights Act becomes law in England – here are six things to do before renting a property privately
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jan Wilcox, Senior lecturer, University of Westminster Zhuravlev Andrey/Shutterstock The Renters’ Rights Act has become law. This new legislation is intended to improve the experience of private renting in England by providing tenants with increased security and stability. Measures include abolishing Section 21 “no fault” evictions,…
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How banks affect the environment and the role your money plays in it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Styliani Panetsidou, Assistant Professor of Finance, Coventry University Inside Creative House/Shutterstock When you think about your environmental footprint, what comes to mind first? Maybe the flights you take, the car you drive or whether you choose the train instead. Perhaps it is the plastic you try…