Gut microbiome: meet Clostridium butyricum – the bacteria that helps keep us feeling our best
Apr 08, 2024 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Our friend here, Clostridium butyricum (also known as C butyricum), is one of the hardest working microbes living in our gut. Without its exhaustive work, we might find ourselves constantly feeling a little under the...
Moldova: Russia continues its mischief-making in breakaway Transnistria
Apr 01, 2024 11:05 am UTC| Insights & Views
In mid-February, the leader of Moldovas breakaway region of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselsky, summoned deputies of all levels of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. The purpose of their meeting, he announced, would be...
Zimbabwean migration to South Africa: how technology helps keep families together
Apr 01, 2024 04:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Political instability and economic decline in Zimbabwe have accelerated migration to South Africa in the last two decades. Because of the overriding socio-economic focus of the migration, people often fail to understand...
Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants
Apr 01, 2024 04:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
One year after the federal government closed Roxham Road, refugee claims in Canada continue to increase: there were 143,785 in 2023 compared to 91,730 in 2022. The surprise announcement in March 2023 to modify Canadas...
How to look after your mental health while packing up Mum or Dad’s home
Apr 01, 2024 04:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
So Mum or Dad has died, or moved to aged care, and now youve got to pack up their house. Its a huge job and youre dreading it. Its normal to feel grief, loss, guilt, exhaustion or even resentment at being left with this...
Apr 01, 2024 04:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
This morning, breakfast television shows will be reporting obscure, although mildly believable, announcements from organisations and brands about new products, services or discoveries. Social media platforms will also be...
A sustainable future begins at ground level
Apr 01, 2024 03:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a call to action in global partnership. By 2023 it appears that our progress has been far from satisfactory in achieving these...
A sustainable future begins at ground level
Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants
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