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Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill
Source: The Conversation – USA (2) [1] Distilling is a way of life in in Nubri, Nepal. Geoff Childs, CC BY Imagine a place where every home has paraphernalia for...
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Mesurer l’invisible : ce que l’écorce des arbres nous apprend de la pollution de l’air à Paris
Source: The Conversation – France (in French) [4] Les particules fines et ultrafines issues du trafic routier sont parmi les polluants les plus nocifs pour la santé. Elles sont aussi...
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Reforms to South Africa’s technical colleges keep failing students and employers: why?
Source: The Conversation – Africa [3] Freepik, CC BY South Africa’s 50 public technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges are, in the main, struggling institutions. In many, throughput...
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‘Executive power is subject to checks and balances’: why King Charles cited Magna Carta in the US Congress
Source: The Conversation – UK In his speech to Congress during a trip to the US to mark the country’s 250th anniversary, King Charles made repeated references to Magna Carta,...
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Faut‑il briser le carcan du franc CFA pour enfin transformer l’économie sénégalaise ? Les clés d’une transition réussie
Source: The Conversation – in French Le débat sur le franc CFA, monnaie commune utilisée par plusieurs pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest et d’Afrique centrale garantie par le Trésor français, fait...
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The Devil Wears Prada 2: lots of frothy fun, not so much devilry
Source: The Conversation – UK Twenty years after the first instalment catapulted Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt onto Hollywood’s A-List, The Devil Wears Prada is back with a second incarnation....
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Comment les chênes déjouent les chenilles en retardant l’ouverture de leurs bourgeons
Source: The Conversation – France in French (2) [1] Lorsque les chênes sont fortement endommagés par des chenilles une année, ils ouvrent leurs bourgeons plus tard au printemps suivant. Notre...
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Overcoming the algorithmic gender bias in AI-driven personal finance
Source: The Conversation – France Artificial intelligence is transforming our world and financial services are no exception. AI is reshaping the personal banking sector but where does it currently stand...
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Synthetic biology promised to rewrite life – with the death of its pioneer, J. Craig Venter, how close are scientists?
Source: The Conversation – USA [2] First came the Human Genome Project, then came the field of synthetic biology. Alena Butusava/iStock via Getty Images Plus When scientist J. Craig Venter...
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How to talk to children when terrorist attacks and violence dominate the news
Source: The Conversation – UK When a man stabbed Jewish people in Golders Green, London, in what police declared a terrorist incident, the story spread fast – through news alerts,...