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Children and teens aren’t doing enough physical activity
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. It’s also associated with chronic illness and disability. Recent research estimates that the world could see close to half a billion new cases of major chronic diseases by…
How we cracked the mystery of Australia’s prehistoric giant eggs
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. How we cracked the mystery of Australia’s prehistoric giant eggs This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here.
Appointment of Head of Domestic Markets
Source link – Reserve Bank of Australia David Jacobs has been appointed to the position of Head of Domestic Markets at the Reserve Bank of Australia following the resignation of Jonathan Kearns late last year. Mr Jacobs will commence his new role on 6 February 2023. Mr Jacobs was most recently the Reserve Banks…
what the country is doing about it
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Neglected tropical diseases are a group of communicable diseases found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. They are classified as “neglected” because they have received little or no attention in terms of prevention and control for…
here’s why it happened in Africa
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. That humans originated in Africa is widely accepted. But it’s not generally recognised how unique features of Africa’s ecology were responsible for the crucial evolutionary transitions from forest-inhabiting fruit-eater to savanna-dwelling hunter. These were founded on earth movements…
The ‘levelling up’ bidding process wastes time and money – here’s how to improve it
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The UK government recently announced the results of the second round of successful bids for for its £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund. This money is provided to local governments with the ambitious (but pretty unspecific) aim of “creating…
COVID experience highlights conspiracies, mistrust and the role of the media
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. In recent weeks, China has reported a spike in new cases of COVID and related deaths. Some countries have imposed travel restrictions as a result. But most – including South Africa – have not. Instead, the South African…
Biden and Trump are both accused of mishandling classified documents – but there are key differences
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. When the US Department of Justice revealed on January 21 that its investigators had found classified materials in Joe Biden’s Delaware home, there was outrage – or, to be more accurate in most cases faux outrage – in…
bosses are part of the problem
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. This income inequality is mostly due to high unemployment and large differences in wages. In South Africa today, economists and policy-makers typically focus on worker characteristics…
All politicians must lie from time to time, so why is there so much outrage about George Santos? A political philosopher explains
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The idea that politicians are dishonest is, at this point, something of a cliché – although few have taken their dishonesty as far as George Santos, U.S. representative for New York’s 3rd Congressional District, who seems to have…