A tiny radioactive capsule that was lost in the Australian outback for more than two weeks and posed a ‘significant public health risk’ has been found by the side of the road. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub
The 8mm by 6mm capsule, which fell from a secure device on a truck travelling from a Rio Tinto mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to Perth, was found south of the town of Newman. The Australian defence force is now verifying the device by its serial number. It is being stored at a secure location in Newman before being transported to Perth on Thursday, inside a lead container to shield people from radiation.
The world has lived through 2+ years of the COVID-19 pandemic, heightening the awareness of the links between health and other aspects of life including education and the economy. Future pandemics are a real risk but there are a number of other threats to human health and well-being as well. These include climate change, the rise of obesity, inverted population pyramids, inter-state conflict, rising inequalities, antimicrobial resistance. Counterbalancing these threats are the opportunities that may come through the health sector and broader innovation. Using a comprehensive future health scenario framework, Christopher Murray, professor and chair of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington and director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, explores the range of future trajectories that may unfold in the 21st century. Recorded on 10/06/2022. [2/2023] [Show ID: 38271]
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A mass presided over by Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo was attended by close to one million people. The head of English Africa news at Vatican Radio says Catholicism is on the rise there, as the Catholic Church provides health care and schooling.
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A green-hued comet known as C/2022 E3 (ZTF) makes its closest approach to Earth. It was last visible in the night sky during the Stone Age. It’s expected to be most visible to the naked eye for stargazers while reaching minimum distance. Credit: Virtual Telescope Project and Telescope Live #GreenComet
Operation Crossroads Africa is a non-profit grassroots program that sends a group of 8-10 volunteers to a designated African country in the summer for 7 weeks. 6 of those 7 weeks are spent working or volunteering with a specific project either medical, education, agriculture, construction or women’s health. The final week is a travel week in which you can travel the country. The organization has been dubbed the precursor to the Peace Corps by President John F. Kennedy. Having sent 12,000 volunteers over the course of 58 years, it is proven the skills you develop and friendships built, stick with you for a lifetime. Sign up to volunteer this summer www.operationcrossroadsafrica.org
What place should politics have in determining school curriculum? How should states regulate the teaching of history? We convene a panel of experts to talk about it.
Guests:
Andrew Spar
president, Florida Education Association
Sen. Shevrin Jones
Democratic member of the Florida Senate, representing District 35
Adam Laats
education historian, professor of education at Binghamton University, author of “The Other School Reformers: Conservative Activism in American Education”
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
professor of history, The New School; author, “Classroom Wars: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern Political Culture.”
Janai Nelson
President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Welcome to Transition Studies. To prosper for very much longer on the changing Earth humankind will need to move beyond its current fossil-fueled civilization toward one that is sustained on recycled materials and renewable energy. This is not a trivial shift. It will require a major transition in all aspects of our lives.
This weblog explores the transition to a sustainable future on our finite planet. It provides links to current news, key documents from government sources and non-governmental organizations, as well as video documentaries about climate change, environmental ethics and environmental justice concerns.
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