We’ve heard about the Atkins, Paleo and even the Keto diets. But what about the Universal Healthy Reference Diet? Some of the world’s leading scientists have come up with the first ever scientific eating plan with the aim of easing the strain on the world’s food systems. But Silvia Alonso Alvarez, Isabelle Baltenweck, Lora Iannotti and Paula Dominguez-Salas argue that it focuses on the world’s rich.
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The Mediterranean diet.
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Silvia Alonso Alvarez, International Livestock Research Institute ; Isabelle Baltenweck, International Livestock Research Institute ; Lora Iannotti, Washington University in St Louis; Paula Dominguez-Salas, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
A Lancet commission has come up with a new sustainable diet that's supposed to be the way forward.
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Science + Technology
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Federico Davila, University of Technology Sydney; Alice Mutiti Mweetwa, University of Zambia; Dana Cordell, University of Technology Sydney; Frank Mnthambala, Cranfield University; Gudina Terefe Tucho, Jimma University; Ruben Sakrabani, Cranfield University
Across Africa less than 10% of the population is connected to a sewer system. But the waste could be used elsewhere.
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Lisa Rebelo, International Water Management Institute; Matthew McCartney, CGIAR System Organization
Wetlands are disappearing rapidly - but new data and technologies are revolutionising our knowledge.
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Energy + Environment
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Jasper Knight, University of the Witwatersrand
Cape Town's draft strategy on water supply is out for comment, but important elements are missing from it.
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Jacklyn Cock, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa needs to wean itself off coal in a way that protects jobs and the environment.
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From our international editions
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Guillaume Thierry, Bangor University
Different languages have different ways of describing the world – and this in turn affects how speakers see the world.
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Sita Bali, Staffordshire University
India and Pakistan enter into a volatile situation after weeks of increasing tension.
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María Isabel Alfonso, St. Joseph's College of New York
Cuba will not legalize same-sex marriage, as gay activists hoped. But its new constitution adds greater protections for LGBTQ people and for women, and gives Cubans the right to own private property.
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Marco Haenssgen, University of Warwick
New research suggests that raising public awareness about antimicrobial resistance may have unintended consequences.
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En français
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Diana Cooper-Richet, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines – Université Paris-Saclay
Les conditions que connaissent des milliers d’enfants africains exploités dans les mines n’ont rien à envier à celles des tout jeunes ouvriers des pays industrialisés au XIXᵉ siècle.
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Antoine Pécoud, Université Paris 13 – USPC
L’usage de la force s’accompagne d’une bataille des idées, dont le but est de justifier les objectifs politiques poursuivis par les États, mais aussi d’obtenir le consentement des gouvernés.
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