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How colonialism is still affecting science – and where supposedly self-evident facts fall apart

Last change: 25/09/2024

To discover what holds the world together in its innermost core – philosophy seeks to find timeless truths that apply to all people. Today, however, the canon is largely dominated by the thoughts of a few European philosophers. Just how much racism informs their thinking is the issue being explored by Marina Martinez Mateo.

Last change: 24/09/2024

Artificial intelligence can boost development in poor countries and promote international cooperation when language barriers fall. Gaurav Sharma from India is exploring the regulatory hurdles that have to be overcome for this to happen.

Last change: 24/09/2024

In many countries, queer people have problems accessing healthcare services. There are prejudices about homosexuality; in some places it is even banned. But health researchers like Alex Müller are fighting for equal rights, also by cooperating with human rights organisations.

Last change: 24/09/2024

Some are replicas, many were looted, some were given away: during the colonial era, countless international cultural objects crossed national borders. How we should deal with these objects today is the subject of controversial debate. Venezuelan legal scholar María Julia Ochoa Jiménez argues for respecting the interests of the Indigenous groups that once produced the objects.

Last change: 24/09/2024

What links music with plastic waste, emissions or oil leakages? The Nigerian Olusegun Stephen Titus explores just how protest songs can trigger re-thinking and help to achieve ecological sustainability.

Last change: 24/09/2024

How colonialism is still affecting science – and where supposedly self-evident facts fall apart

Last change: 24/09/2024