The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights (theconversation.com)
It’s getting even harder to find full-time work. So more people are taking second part-time jobs (theconversation.com)
Over the last two years, growth in wages and salaries have not kept up with rises in the cost of living....
A new US-run pier off Gaza could help deliver 2 million meals a day – but it comes with security risks (theconversation.com)
The next pandemic? It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife (theconversation.com)
The next pandemic? It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife (theconversation.com)
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Fighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate change (theconversation.com)
What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement (theconversation.com)
Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, while easing financial and logistical burdens for families and schools (theconversation.com)
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hint at a new west African currency: what it’ll take for it to succeed (theconversation.com)
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hint at a new west African currency: what it’ll take for it to succeed (theconversation.com)
Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood (theconversation.com)
Emotion artificial intelligence uses biological signals such as vocal tone, facial expressions and data from wearable devices as well as text and how people use their computers, to detect and predict how someone is feeling. It can be used in the workplace, for hiring, etc. Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are...
Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores (theconversation.com)
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Gaza war: both sides are reporting sexual violence committed by their enemy – but these crimes are hard to investigate (theconversation.com)
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Fake academic papers are on the rise: why they’re a danger and how to stop them (theconversation.com)
Low-level blasts from heavy weapons can cause traumatic brain injury − 2 engineers explain the physics of invisible cell death (theconversation.com)
Why the West’s resentment of China is so misguided (theconversation.com)
After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here) (theconversation.com)
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Gaza war: blaming Israel for October 7 Hamas attack makes peace less – not more – likely (theconversation.com)
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As Israel’s assault on Rafah approaches, Egypt prepares for a flood of Palestinian refugees (theconversation.com)
Satellite imagery and video footage have emerged suggesting that Egypt is building what appears to be a large, concrete-walled enclosure which observers believe will be used to manage a major influx of Palestinian refugees flooding out of Gaza via the Rafah crossng on its eastern border....
200 million voters, 820,000 polling stations and 10,000 candidates: Indonesia’s massive election, by the numbers (theconversation.com)
This is what it takes to organise the largest and most complex single-day election on the planet.
Jerusalem: Jewish settler movement makes bid for large slice of Armenian quarter (theconversation.com)
Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows (theconversation.com)
Two-thirds of Canadian and American renters are in unaffordable housing situations (theconversation.com)
Editing memories, spying on our bodies, normalising weird goggles: Apple’s new Vision Pro has big ambitions (theconversation.com)
Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset – which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” – that begins shipping to the public (in the United States)....
Why Colombia sees legalising drugs as the way forward. Here's what's being proposed (theconversation.com)
