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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Extreme Storms and Flood Events Cause Damage Worth Billions to Ports - and They Are Most Disruptive to Small Island Developing States #AfricaClimateCrisis

Shipping ports are crucial for the global economy. They handle the majority of trade, are industrial and transportation hubs and provide employment. But ports, by their nature, are… Read more »

Africa: Curious Kids - Is There Such a Thing As Nothing?

Is there such a thing as nothing? - Reggie, aged seven, Darlington Read more »

Africa: Underwater Noise Is a Threat to Marine Life

Oceans are full of sound. Waves, earthquakes and calving icebergs all contribute to the underwater soundscape. But so do human activities, and this can be a problem for marine life… Read more »

Africa: How to Treat Scars At Home - and Hopefully Make Them Disappear

Maybe you've had a skin cancer removed from your face or body. Perhaps you had an injury or accident and needed stitches. However you came by a cut on your skin, you probably want… Read more »

Africa: Women's Voices Are Missing in the Media - Including Them Could Generate Billions in Income

How can the news media represent women's voices better? The answer might be in a recent report, "From outrage to opportunity: How to include the missing perspectives of women of… Read more »

Africa: Are Dogs Left- or Right-Handed? What the Science Says

The vast majority of people use one hand or the other for most things - and for nearly 90% of the human population this is the right hand. Some 10% to 13% of humans are… Read more »

Africa: Pope Francis' Visit Comes At a Defining Moment for the Catholic Church

During his planned visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan in February 2023, Pope Francis intends to be in dialogue with African Catholics - but also to… Read more »

Africa: Sitting All Day Is Terrible for Your Health - Now, a New Study Finds a Relatively Easy Way to Counteract It

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. Read more »

Africa: New Statue Celebrates Malawi Pan-Africanist the World Forgot

Samson Kambalu is a Malawian conceptual artist, writer and academic, whose sculpture Antelope was installed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London in September 2022. Read more »

Africa: Why Cholera Continues to Threaten Many African Countries

Malawi is facing its worst cholera outbreak in two decades. The outbreak started early in 2022 and has, so far, resulted in over 18,000 cases and the loss of 750 lives. It's also… Read more »