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A
Brazil edition of The Conversation was recently launched,
taking the project to a diverse country of more than 200
million people. We establish teams of editors in parts of the
world where we believe a cohesive group of potential readers
will find the project valuable and, hopefully, become regular
visitors to home
pages and subscribers to newsletters.
But also, critically, we seek to build our editorial
operations in partnership with the country or region’s
academic sector. This reflects the unique nature of our model,
and the community of researchers, readers and editors at its
heart. So, if you are Brazilian, or simply have an interest in
research and perspectives from the country, do check it out
our latest
edition.
For
our academic authors around the world, the establishment of a
Brazil team now means there is the potential to be translated
into another language on The Conversation. For international
readers it means tapping into another rich stream of
knowledge, and we’ll translate a selection of articles into
languages other than Portuguese. Today, translated into
English, we include this
article on the the crisis in the UN’s multilateral system in
crisis, by Monica Herz and Giancarlo Summa.
And
as we head into Nobel Prize season, why has this
chemist been left bewildered by some of the award
decisions? |
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Stephen Khan
Global Executive Editor, The
Conversation | |
Has the Nobel Prize category ‘chemistry’
morphed into ‘biochemistry’? picture alliance via Getty
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Jeffrey I. Seeman, University of Richmond
The
Nobel Prize categories were set up more than a century ago.
Since then, science has grown and evolved in unpredictable
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The artist’s rendering of a radiolarian, a
protozoa that forms part of zooplankton and possesses a
skeleton-type structure. Jo Berry
Joanne Berry-Frith, Loughborough University
Artistic
representations of scientific imaging can help illuminate
complex ideas and help bring this knowledge to a wider
audience. |
Stelladens. Nicholas Longrich
Nicholas R. Longrich, University of Bath
Scientists
have discovered a new species of mosasaur, a sea-dwelling
lizard from the age of the dinosaurs, with strange, ridged
teeth unlike those of any known reptile. |
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Monica Herz, Pontifícia Universidade
Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio); Giancarlo Summa,
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
The
war in Ukraine is both a symptom and a cause of a
paralysing crisis in the international system. It is
up to the Global South to reform the multilateral
system.
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Philip Goff, Durham University
There’s
a battle over consciousness research – and whether it
can be understood purely through science.
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Svante Lundgren, Lund University
If
Azerbaijan is not punished for its aggression against
Nagorno-Karabakh, there’s every chance it will try to
capture more Armenian territory.
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Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Royal Danish
Defence College
The
success of the Somali case illustrates what a high
degree of shared interests among international actors
can achieve.
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Spencer M. Ross, UMass Lowell
If
you’ve decided to look for coffee that’s better for
the earth or the people making it, you might need some
help translating all the industry lingo.
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Alexandra D. Lefcoe, McMaster University;
Catherine E. Connelly, McMaster University
Companies
like Uber and Lyft have a long way to go in improving
worker safety to ensure both drivers and passengers
feel safe on the road.
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Gibbs Knotts, College of Charleston
One
US senator has died, another is facing criminal
charges and one more is dealing with health problems.
Who replaces a senator who is no longer in the
seat? | |
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