Essay: Say hello to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
Among the international team that captured the first image of the black hole at the Milky Way’s centre, CHRIS IMPEY, professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – how they did it and why it’s such a big deal…
Student accused of blasphemy is burnt to death in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria AP A student was beaten and burnt to death Thursday by fellow students in north-western Nigeria after she was accused of making a blasphemous social media post, witnesses and police said. Deborah Samuel was killed in the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto state after being accused of “making a social media […]
Wow!: Electric scooters for nurses speed up healthcare in Indian mining hub
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a new state initiative looks to improve access to medical care, particularly for communities impacted by years of mining…
Measuring COVID-19’s effect: Southern Baptists report 19 per cent attendance drop
United StatesRNS Anecdotally, clergy have talked about the disruption in worship attendance in this pandemic age. Now, Southern Baptists have statistics to prove it. The average in-person weekly attendance at Southern Baptist Convention churches declined 18.75 per cent, from 4,439,797 in 2020 to 3,607,530 in 2021. Christian education saw an even larger decrease of 22.15 […]