February 18, 2023
South Africa: Cow Horn Reveals Herbal Mixtures Used By Healers More Than 500 Years Ago
A cow horn believed to be the oldest known example of a medicine container in southern Africa has been discovered in a South African cave. It sheds light on the herbal remedies… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Egypt: Tombs - And Possibly Oldest Ever Mummy - Unveiled in New Excavation
Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near the capital Cairo containing a gold leaf-covered mummy that had remained closed for 4,300 years. It's believed to be… Read more »
July 23, 2022
Morocco: Scientists in Morocco Use Fake Nests to Entice Flamingos to Breed
Scientists in Morocco have set up artificial nests as part of a strategy to tempt greater flamingos to breed in the North African country for the first time in more than 50 years. Read more »
July 09, 2022
Kenya: Are Kenya's Cotton Farmers Being Sacrificed in War Against GMOs?
It is harvest time in Kenya, and Joseph Thika has had to hire workers to help him harvest his cotton crop. Joseph is happy that his genetically modified plants matured faster this… Read more »
April 25, 2022
Malawi: How Scientists Mapped Mosquito Breeding Grounds Using Drones
Using an innovative, 21st-century way to destroy a centuries-old problem, scientists at the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust use drones to map out where mosquitoes breed in an… Read more »