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The new research explains how at least some information could be preserved once a black hole disappears. As an object enters a black hole, the temperature increases and raises the entropy level – a measure of an object’s internal disorder. A sheen of photons surrounding a black hole’s event horizon – the point at which light cannot ...
Critical race theory (CRT) is a way of thinking about America’s history through the lens of racism. It examines how the legacy of slavery and segregation in the US is embedded in modern-day legal systems and policies. And is the idea that racism is not a matter of individual bigotry but is systemic in America.
The Black Lives Matter movement explained. Following high-profile police killings of black men in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis, fatal attacks on officers by anti-police gunmen – and more recently protests in North Carolina after the police shooting of Keith Scott, a black man – the United States is being forced to confront its deep-rooted ...
It’s the “ Doughnut ” of social and planetary boundaries and it could just turn out to be the compass we need for creating a safe and just 21st century. The hole at the Doughnut’s centre reveals the proportion of people worldwide falling short on life’s essentials, such as food, water, healthcare and political freedom of expression ...
Servitization is where customers pay for a service - such as air conditioning - rather than buying the equipment themselves. This model can be a major contributor to the systemic efficiency approach to decarbonisation. It also has potential to assist the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. The rising global population and continuous economic ...
Racial achievement gaps in the United States are narrowing, a Stanford University data project shows. But progress has been slow and unsteady – and gaps are still large across much of the country. COVID-19 could widen existing inequalities in education. The World Economic Forum will be exploring the issues around growing income inequality as ...
1. The Large Hadron Collider is colder than outer space. To be precise, it’s 1.9 K (-271.3°C), almost absolute zero. A cryogenic cooling system keeps it this frigid for the sake of the superconductor electromagnets, which send proton beams hurtling towards one another in a loop 100 metres below the ground. You too would need help keeping ...
A continued engagement with history is vital as it helps give context for the present. Black History Month is an opportunity to understand Black histories, going beyond stories of racism and slavery to spotlight Black achievement. This year's theme is African Americans and the Arts. February is Black History Month.
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Image: Unsplash/Clay Banks. Colourism is a form of discrimination based on skin tone, perpetuated by the global beauty industry, where sales of skin-lightening products are projected to reach $8.9 billion by 2024. Studies have shown the existence of a wage gap linked to skin colour, which widens as the shade of the worker darkens.