Reports: Flooding and negligent grassroots state officials will make 2022 South Sudan’s hungriest year ever
Nyayiar Kuol cradled her severely malnourished one-year-old daughter as they travelled for 16 hours on a crowded barge to the nearest hospital to their home in rural South Sudan. For months she had been feeding her four children just once a day, unable to cultivate because of disastrous flooding and...
Clueless Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta under blistering criticism after Gunners crash out of FA Cup
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been criticised for fielding a weakened team against Nottingham Forest after his side were knocked out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 defeat to the Championship side. Substitute Lewis Grabban’s late winner gave the hosts a deserved third-round win against the slapdash Gunners, who...
Should doctors in Myanmar ‘medically clear’ patients or boycott hospitals to protest oppressive military system?
Myanmar’s doctors are taking a stand. For months, many have joined a widespread civil disobedience movement – refusing to work in public hospitals in order to oppose the February 2021 military coup. They’re showing remarkable courage – and raising important ethical questions – in opposing a regime accused of killing...
By 2080, millions of species will need to migrate to new regions, even new continents to survive
There are laws of nature that relate to the ways in which we, as humans, behave. As laws of human behaviour, they are both narrower and messier than the broader laws of biology; they are as much tendencies as laws. Yet they are tendencies repeated across times and cultures, tendencies...
The dangers of the future: Nature is an afterthought in our contemplation of what comes next
When we humans imagine the future, it is common to picture ourselves nested within an ecosystem populated by robots, devices and virtual realities. The future is shining and technological. The future is digital, ones and zeros, electricity and invisible connections. The dangers of the future – automation and artificial intelligence...
