January 29, 2023
Africa: What Makes Archaeology Useful As Well As Exciting? It Offers Lessons From the Past
Archaeology is fun. It's so much fun that sometimes people do not treat it with the seriousness it deserves. Studying the past, through what people leave behind, can offer insights… Read more »
January 26, 2023
Africa: It'll Take 150 Years to Map Africa's Biodiversity - And We Can't Protect What We Don't Know
The African continent is bursting with biodiversity. In a 2016 report, the United Nations Environment Programme wrote: Read more »
Africa: Covid Booster Vaccines - How a Third Dose May Help Vulnerable People 'Level Up' Their Immunity
COVID vaccines call our immune systems to action, generating antibodies which fight against any contact we have with the virus. Antibodies help to reduce the effects of an… Read more »
Africa: Eliminating Neglected Diseases in Africa - There Are Good Reasons for Hope
Togo had reason to celebrate in 2022 when it became the first country in the world to eliminate four neglected tropical diseases. The west African nation stamped out Guinea worm… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Africa: Even Bivalent Updated Covid-19 Boosters Struggle to Prevent Omicron Subvariant Transmission - an Immunologist Discusses Why New Approaches Are Necessary
By almost any measure, the vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been a global success. Read more »
Africa: Free Online Courses Could Be a Path to Higher Education in African Countries but Awareness Is Low
Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the largest regions in the world and has the lowest rates of participation in higher education anywhere in the world. The World Bank reported in 2020… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Africa: Yoga - Modern Research Shows a Variety of Benefits to Both Body and Mind From the Ancient Practice
The popularity of yoga has grown tremendously in the past decade. More than 10% of U.S. adults have practiced yoga at some point in their lives. Yoga practitioners spend on average… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Africa: Large Mammals Shaped the Evolution of Humans - Here's Why It Happened in Africa
That humans originated in Africa is widely accepted. But it's not generally recognised how unique features of Africa's ecology were responsible for the crucial evolutionary… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Africa: Directors Need Limits to How Many Boards They Sit On. Stretching Their Time Too Thinly Is Risky
Experienced directors of companies are in high demand in countries around the world. For this reason, many hold multiple directorships. Read more »
Africa: We Tested the Wastewater From Planes to Detect Covid Among Travellers - Here's What We Found
Small traces of many pathogens, such as viruses we may be infected with, are excreted when we go to the toilet. Ultimately, these agents find their way to municipal wastewater… Read more »
January 12, 2023
Africa: ChatGPT, Dall-E 2 and the Collapse of the Creative Process
In 2022, OpenAI - one of the world's leading artificial intelligence research laboratories - released the text generator ChatGPT and the image generator DALL-E 2. While both… Read more »
January 23, 2023
Africa: Continent Has a Major New Carbon Market Initiative - What You Need to Know #AfricaClimateHope
Climate finance for the African continent got a boost at the 2022 United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), with the launch of the African Carbon Markets Initiative. This aims to… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Africa: Scientists Have Started Steering Lightning With Lasers - Here's How
Lightning may look beautiful but every year it kills thousands of people, does huge amounts of damage to buildings and infrastructure, and causes power outages. Read more »
January 19, 2023
Africa: How the Fifa20 Video Game Reproduces the Racial Stereotypes Embedded Within Football
EA Sports' Fifa football videogame series is arguably the most successful sports gaming franchise of all time. Since its debut in 1993, it has sold over 260 million copies across… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Africa: Moderna's Experimental Cancer Vaccine Treats but Doesn't Prevent Melanoma - a Biochemist Explains How It Works
Media outlets have reported the encouraging findings of clinical trials for a new experimental vaccine developed by the biotech company Moderna to treat an aggressive type of skin… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Africa: Installing Solar-Powered Refrigerators in Developing Countries Can Reduce Hunger and Slow Climate Change
Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it makes economies less productive and leaves people hungry. Read more »
Africa: Free Movement of People Across Africa - Regions Are Showing How It Can Work
The end of January 2023 will mark five years since the African Union Free Movement of Persons protocol was signed by the African Union. A parallel initiative to the African… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Africa: How to Spot a Cyberbot - Five Tips to Keep Your Device Safe
You may know nothing about it, but your phone - or your laptop or tablet - could be taken over by someone else who has found their way in through a back door. They could have… Read more »
Africa: Vaccination to Prevent Dementia? New Research Suggests One Way Viral Infections Can Accelerate Neurodegeneration
One in nine Americans ages 65 and over had Alzheimer's disease in 2022, and countless others were indirectly affected as caregivers, health care providers and taxpayers. There is… Read more »
Africa: Is Veganuary Bad for You? a Nutritionist Explains Why Plant-Based Diets Need Proper Planning
Veganuary is upon us again, with thousands of people around the world giving up animal products for the month of January. The movement, which encourages people to follow a vegan… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Africa: Neanderthals - The Oldest Art in the World Wasn't Made By Homo Sapiens
One of the most hotly debated questions in the history of Neanderthal research has been whether they created art. In the past few years, the consensus has become that they did,… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Africa: Most Humans Haven't Evolved to Cope With the Cold, Yet We Dominate Northern Climates - Here's Why
Humans are a tropical species. We have lived in warm climates for most of our evolutionary history, which might explain why so many of us spend winter huddled under a blanket,… Read more »
Africa: FAQ On Covid-19 Subvariant Xbb.1.5
Despite intensive public health efforts to grind the COVID-19 pandemic to a halt, the recent emergence of the highly transmissible, extensively drug-resistant and profoundly immune… Read more »
Africa: Strep A Cases Are Rising. We Must Remember Our Earliest Hygiene Lessons As Vaccine Trials Continue
Group A streptococci, also known as "strep A", were the first organisms ever identified to be the cause of a disease. Read more »
January 17, 2023
Africa: Fossil Study Brings Us One Step Closer to Revealing How 'Flying Dinosaurs' Took Flight
If you think of flying dinosaurs, you probably picture an animal with long, leathery wings, sharp claws and a big beak. The animal you are imagining is not a dinosaur, it's from a… Read more »