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CITY CENTRE CAMPUS AFRICAN STUDIES |
Decrypting the Aids myth
Curing Aids by having sex with virgins? Preventing HIV contraction by taking cold showers after sex? Jonas Sivelä travelled to Cape Town’s townships to research Aids beliefs.
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KUMPULA CAMPUS GEOPHYSICS |
Ten meters of snow
Antarctica is like a great mirror. Covered by ice and snow, the continent reflects back into space nearly all of the solar energy it receives. Should this mirror grow darker, it would mean problems for the whole planet. For this reason, the world’s southernmost snow cover is under relentless scrutiny.
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KUMPULA CAMPUS PHYSICS |
Problems help us learn
Physicist Szabolcs Galambosi – recipient of the 2010 Good Teacher prize awarded by the Student Union of the University of Helsinki – uses himself as a guinea pig in his teaching. And he hopes that his children will adopt the mindset of a detective.
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COLUMN Therese Quinn |
Considering Sisu, Or, What is Our National Character, Anyway?
Can nations and their people have characters? If so, what can we offer as evidence?
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