President Yoweri Museveni has refused to agree to the National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill, 2012 which some civil society organisations have welcomed. Museveni says the bill ... Read more »
Lucy, the famed partial skeleton found in Ethiopia in 1974, has a new companion - a male skull found just 55 kilometres from her resting place, which scientists say helps to fill a ... Read more »
The area around Kriel in Mpumalanga is now the world's second-biggest sulphur dioxide emissions hotspot, a study commissioned by Greenpeace India has found. According to data from ... Read more »
Professor Cristina Trois, the University of KwaZulu-Natal's first woman professor, first dean of engineering and South African Research Chair in Waste and Climate Change, has been ... Read more »
The "grey skull" fossil, which has been in the collections of the University of the Witwatersrand's Evolutionary Studies Institute since 1978, has been identified not only as a new ... Read more »
According to Millicent Liani, a Kenyan-born PhD fellow at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, women scientists face several complex intersecting issues that include ... Read more »
Mandla Maseko, the first black African selected to travel to space has died, his family has confirmed. He was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle on Saturday. Maseko, ... Read more »
Nigerian startup 54gene has raised U.S.$4.5 million to collect DNA data to improve treatments for Africans and those of African descent. Only 2% of genetic material used for ... Read more »
In the scientific language of the University of Cape Town's announcement, the project will "focus on addressing the issue of variability in drug response across African ... Read more »
A group of teenagers assembled a four-seater airplane and is flying it across the continent. Aviation experts say this a significant feat, one that will inspire teens who want to ... Read more »
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