Humanity
It was 2007, I was 13 years old, and me and my brother were playing football in a park next to a busy road. We saw a kitten come over to say hello, and noticed that she was crossing the road with little thought of the risk. It was obvious that she was going to […]
Maybe I Won’t Be Angry on SundayI hear you raising your voice.I watch your face turning red.There you go losing your temperAnd that’s how you put me to bed. So here’s how you show me you love me:By showing off you’re awfully strong.Then you try to make up when you see me sulkAnd you ask […]
From behind bars to the Bar I was a bit skeptical before this interview. No doubt many a reader would be. Why would anyone teach a prisoner how to defend themselves in court? The premise — that prisoners and prison staff in Kenya and Uganda could be trained as paralegals and lawyers to defend themselves […]
Whenever I think the world can’t get any worse, it proves me wrong in spectacular fashion. The world has long been unstable, but the last few years have felt especially untenable. Between COVID, ongoing global conflicts, the rise of fascism, and the ongoing effects of climate change, the 2020s have easily become the most stressful […]
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A Brazilian research project, initiated in 2015, used simulations and the trajectory of an asteroid as a reference to shorten the round-trip travel time between Earth and Mars. The study, published in the international scientific journal Acta Astronautica, proposes an alternative to conventional trajectories and rekindles debate over new possibilities for crewed missions to the […]
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