Curious Kids: What happens to your brain if you don’t get enough sleep?
Olave Krigolson, University of Victoria Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. Have a question you’d like an expert to answer? Send it to CuriousKidsCanada@theconversation.com. What happens to your brain if you don’t get enough sleep? — Avery, age 7,...
TB kills 75,000 children in Africa every year: how this can stop
Graeme Hoddinott, Stellenbosch University Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease. Half of the world’s 30 highest TB burden countries are in Africa. In many of these countries, TB is the leading cause of death across age groups, but especially among...
Ramadan: a dietitian offers tips for healthy fasting
Nazeeia Sayed, University of the Western Cape Ramadan is the month in the Islamic calendar when the Qur’an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH). During the month, Muslims abstain from all sensory pleasures (like food and drink, sex, TV and music) from dawn to...
A People United for Prosperity: 33 Years of Independence Calls for Economic Emancipation
By Josef Kefas Sheehama It is our economic emancipation, in which entrepreneurship and small business development are critical elements that will earn Namibia her rightful place on the African continent roundtable. Leaving no one behind is not a numbers game, but one...
TB in children isn’t being controlled – it’s key to fighting the disease for everyone else
Tom Nyirenda, Stellenbosch University; Alimuddin Zumla, UCL, and Francine Ntoumi, University of Tübingen World TB Day on March 24th will commemorate the day in 1882 when Professor Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered the microbial cause of...
French unions dig in after Macron defends pension reform
France braced for more transport woes and a new day of nationwide protests on Thursday after a defiant President Emmanuel Macron pledged to implement a contentious pensions overhaul by year-end. The 45-year-old leader on Wednesday said he was prepared to accept...
Where to find more water: eight unconventional resources to tap
Manzoor Qadir, United Nations University and Vladimir Smakhtin, United Nations University As climate change worsens, and with populations rising worldwide, water shortages are a top threat to human development and security. One in four people on Earth face shortages...
First 3D-printed rocket lifts off but fails to reach orbit
By Chris Lefkow and Lucie Aubourg The world's first 3D-printed rocket launched successfully on Wednesday, marking a step forward for the California company behind the innovative spacecraft, though it failed to reach orbit. Billed as less costly to produce and fly, the...
Undiagnosed depression in tuberculosis patients threatens control of the disease
By Profs Gladys Kigozi-Male, Christo Heunis, and Michelle Engelbrecht, Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, University of the Free State Each year on 24 March, the world commemorates World TB (Tuberculosis) Day. This date coincides with the day in...
UN calls for game-changing action to stem global water crisis
With mounting pressures on water from rising consumption demands, increased pollution and climate change, world leaders, civil society, businesses, youth and other stakeholders are gathering at the UN 2023 Water Conference from 22 to 24 March at the UN Headquarters in...