Africa: Elephant Poaching Rates Vary Across Africa - 19 Years of Data From 64 Sites Suggest Why

It's a grim and all too common sight for rangers at some of Africa's nature reserves: the bullet-riddled carcass of an elephant, its tusks removed by poachers. African elephant… Read more »

Africa: Cancer Vaccine Trials Could Start in the in Autumn - UK Signs Deal With Biontech

The UK government recently announced that it is partnering with German firm BioNTech to test vaccines for cancer and other diseases. The project aims to build on the mRNA vaccine… Read more »

Africa: Penguin Feathers Help Inspire New De-Icing Techniques

Walking down a road during a white winter comes with its own set of challenges: the frigid cold, stepping around slippery ice on roads and the need to switch sidewalks to avoid… Read more »

Africa: How to Unlock Your Creativity - Even If You See Yourself As a Conventional Thinker

Do you think that creativity is an innate gift? Think again. Read more »

Africa: Mad World - Global Flashpoints to Watch in 2023 in the Era of 'Polycrisis'

When 2022 began, there was trepidation about what might happen in at least ten regions. Topping most lists were concerns about tensions in Ukraine, Afghanistan and Ethiopia. Read more »

Africa: Speculum - the Creepy History of This Ancient Gynaecological Device and Why It's Still Feared

Women's health is in crisis. In many places, gynaecology waiting lists are rising or are even at record lengths. Read more »

Africa: Bivalent Covid Vaccines Have Now Been in Use for a Few Months - Here's How They're Stacking Up Against Omicron

Vaccines have played a major role in mitigating the harms of the COVID pandemic since their rollout began just over two years ago. They're estimated to have saved tens of millions… Read more »

Africa: Mountain Environments Are Key to Biodiversity - but the Threats to Them Are Being Ignored #AfricaClimateCrisis

Mountains are home to more than 85% of the world's amphibian, bird and mammal species. Lowland slopes are rich in animal and plant species. And rugged, high-elevation environments,… Read more »

Africa: Invasive Rats Are Changing Fish Behaviour On Coral Reefs - New Study

Coral reefs are degrading rapidly to the extent that their marine inhabitants must either adapt or die. For many animals, including reef fish, behaviour is one of the first… Read more »

Africa: Global Economy 2023 - Why There Will Still Be Plenty of Pressure On Food Prices in the Year Ahead

Welcome to this special report on the food industry, the fourth instalment in our series on where the global economy is heading in 2023. It follows recent articles on inflation,… Read more »

Africa: Chinese Workers On Africa's Infrastructure Projects - the Link With Host Political Regimes

China has rapidly become Africa's most important infrastructure builder, and the footprint of Chinese construction companies is seen in cities, towns and villages across the… Read more »

Africa: Deforestation - Proposed EU Import Ban May Fail to Protect Tropical Rainforests and Farmers - Here's How It Should Work

Most European consumers' shopping baskets tend to include items linked to deforestation in tropical regions, involving agricultural commodities such as beef, soybeans, palm oil,… Read more »

Africa: How Cancer Cells Move and Metastasize Is Influenced By the Fluids Surrounding Them - Understanding How Tumors Migrate Can Help Stop Their Spread

Cell migration, or how cells move in the body, is essential to both normal body function and disease progression. Cell movement is what allows body parts to grow in the right place… Read more »

Africa: People of Colour - There's a Bias in How Pictures Are Used to Depict Disease in Global Health Publications

Photography is a powerful tool in storytelling and scientific communication. But it can also cause harm when used unethically. Read more »

Africa: Women Work Harder Than Men - Our Anthropological Study Reveals Why

For most people around the world, physical work takes up a great amount of time and energy every day. But what determines whether it is men or women who are working harder in… Read more »

Africa: Children and Money - Five Ways to Start the Conversation

When it comes to teaching young children about the world, parents may feel that some topics - like politics and religion - are too tough to broach. Money is another. Parents may… Read more »

Africa: Long Covid - Here's What It's Like Trying to Access Healthcare for the Condition

It's estimated that 2.1 million people are currently living with long COVID in the UK. Symptoms can include breathlessness, fatigue, chest pains, loss of taste and smell, and… Read more »

Africa: Extinction Rebellion Says 'We Quit' - Why Radical Eco-Activism Has a Short Shelf Life #AfricaClimateCrisis

The protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR) has released a statement with the clickbait headline "We Quit". Dashing the hopes of climate denialists everywhere, the group is not… Read more »

Africa: New Year Resolutions - Why Your Brain Isn't Wired to Stick to Them - and What to Do Instead

New year, new resolutions. It is that time once again. A recent survey shows that almost 58% of the UK population intended to make a new year's resolution in 2023, which is… Read more »

Africa: Amazing System Plants Use to Shape Their Roots, Why It Could Help Protect Crops From Climate Change #AfricaClimateHope

Plants have colonised the vast majority of the Earth's surface. So what is the key to their success? Read more »

Africa: HIV Remains a Leading Killer in Africa Despite Medical Breakthroughs - How to Eliminate It

About 38 million people around the world are living with HIV. About 70% of them live in Africa. This shows that there is no solution to the AIDS pandemic without a solution in… Read more »

Africa: Where Is the Next Covid Variant, Pi? a Virologist Explains Why Omicron Is Continuing to Dominate

The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has now been around for more than a year. Before omicron became dominant, there had been a quick succession of… Read more »

Africa: Quiet, Please - Human Noise Is Interfering With the Sex Lives of Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers have a bad reputation. They're not popular with gardeners And locusts, a type of swarming grasshopper, can do huge damage to vegetation and crops when they're in a… Read more »

Africa: Long Covid Stemmed From Mild Cases of Covid-19 in Most People, According to a New Multicountry Study

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

Africa: Climate Change Is Leaving African Elephants Desperate for Water

African elephant numbers have dropped from about 26 million in the 1800s to 415,000 today. While this is largely due to European colonisation, poaching and habitat loss, these… Read more »