April 17
Africa: Hearing Aid Apps Offer Hope to Millions in Africa with Hearing Loss
In rural Kenya, 64-year-old John Kamau's world of silence is about to change. For decades, isolated by hearing loss from the community's vibrant life and his grandchildren's… Read more »
Africa: How to End Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa - Fight Inequality, Gender Imbalances and Climate Change
A greater part of Africa's population can't afford a healthy diet than any other regional population. Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa is caused by climate change, high levels… Read more »
April 16
Africa: Development Finance - How It Works, Where It Goes, Why It's Needed
Development finance is the invisible glue that connects public and private financing for projects that have social, economic and environmental outcomes. These include improved… Read more »
April 09
Africa: Fossilized Dinosaur Eggshells Can Preserve Amino Acids, the Building Blocks of Proteins, Over Millions of Years
As a scientist, lab work can sometimes get monotonous. But in 2017, while a Ph.D. student of paleobiology at the University of Bristol in the U.K., I heard a gleeful exclamation… Read more »
April 14
Africa: Rogue Waves in the Ocean Are Much More Common Than Anyone Suspected, Says New Study
We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review… Read more »
April 12
Africa: Young, Black Woman Scientist Discovered Pivotal Leprosy Treatment in 1920s But Someone Took the Credit
Hansen's disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today - and that's partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to… Read more »
April 15
Africa: Reptiles in South Africa Are Under Threat - but There's Good News Too
Media reports about the biodiversity crisis and what researchers have argued qualifies as a mass extinction event tend to focus on the big ecological effects. Melting ice sheets,… Read more »
April 12
Africa: Russ Cook - What Running Across Africa Does to the Human Body
A 27-year-old British man has recently accomplished the astonishing feat of running the length of Africa. Russ Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, set out on his 16,000km (9,940… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Wildebeest - Those That Can't Migrate Are Becoming Genetically Weaker - New Study
Wildebeest - large African antelopes with distinctively curved horns - are famous for their great migrations on the grasslands of eastern and southern Africa. One hundred and fifty… Read more »
April 02
Africa: Affordable Stroke-Risk Screening Could Save the Lives of Many Children in Sub-Saharan Africa With Sickle Cell Disease
Most of the estimated 300,000 babies born every year with sickle cell disease, an inherited red blood cell disorder, live in sub-Saharan Africa in nations where there are few… Read more »
April 10
Africa: African Wild Dogs Will Soon Have Their Own Sperm Bank - How Artificial Breeding Will Help Them Survive
Scientists from the Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals have been working in southern Africa for over 15 years to protect endangered African wild dogs… Read more »
April 09
Africa: West Africa's Falling Fish Stocks - Illegal Chinese Trawlers, Climate Change and Artisanal Fishing Fleets to Blame
Average fish catches by traditional fishing communities along the west African coast have declined significantly over the past three decades. Read more »
Africa: Nine Out of 10 Kids Are Not Developmentally On Track in Literacy and Numeracy - Study of 8 African Countries
Children develop an enormous amount during their early years - socially, physically, emotionally and cognitively. What happens between the ages of 0 and 8 years can predict… Read more »
April 08
Africa: US Media Coverage of New Science Less Likely to Mention Researchers With African and East Asian Names
When one Chinese national recently petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a permanent resident, he thought his chances were pretty good. As an… Read more »
April 05
Africa: South Africa's Crucial Water Supplies From Lesotho - What the Six-Month Shutdown Means for Industry, Farming and Residents
The main water supply to South Africa's economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country's breadbasket in the Free State, is scheduled to be cut off… Read more »
April 01
Africa: After 10 Years of Work, Landmark Study Reveals New 'Tree of Life' for All Birds Living Today
The largest-ever study of bird genomes has produced a remarkably clear picture of the bird family tree. Published in the journal Nature today, our study shows that most of the… Read more »
April 04
Africa: South Africa's Conservation Model - Why Expanding the Use of Biodiversity to Generate Money Is a Good Idea
South Africa's government is calling for public comments on an updated version of its existing biodiversity economy plan. Read more »
April 03
Africa: Even Hands-Free, Phones and Their Apps Cause Dangerously Distracted Driving
Do you ever use your cellphone while driving? Don't feel too guilty about saying yes - nearly 60% of drivers admit to using their phone in hands-free mode while driving. Read more »
Africa: Africa Now Emits As Much Carbon As It Stores - Landmark New Study
A landmark new study has found that, in the last decade, the African continent has started emitting more carbon than it stores. When the total amount of carbon that is sequestered… Read more »
April 01
Africa: Undersea Cables Are the Unseen Backbone of the Global Internet
Have you ever wondered how an email sent from New York arrives in Sydney in mere seconds, or how you can video chat with someone on the other side of the globe with barely a hint… Read more »
Africa: Africa's PhDs - Study Shows How to Develop Strong Graduates Who Want to Make a Difference
The challenge for universities is to produce graduates who can work with others to produce knowledge and research that can change institutions and societies for the better. Read more »
Africa: El Niño Disasters - Govts Know What's Coming, but Are Unprepared - What Must Change
Drought disasters in southern Africa are mainly attributed to a lack of preparedness, inadequate response and mitigation and poor risk reduction measures. With little to no… Read more »
March 31
Africa: Digital Trade Protocol for Africa - Why It Matters, What's in It and What's Still Missing
In February 2024, African heads of states adopted a draft protocol to regulate digital trade within the continent. This significant yet challenging course for Africa's digital… Read more »
March 27
Africa: New TB Skin Test Could Offer Cheaper and Easier Way to Detect the Disease
Detecting tuberculosis early could play a significant role in eradicating the world's most deadly infectious disease. The World Health Organization says 1.5 million people die from… Read more »
Africa: Venomous Snakes Could Start Migrating in Large Numbers If We Hit 5ºc Warming
A global group of scientists has predicted that climate change may cause dramatic movements in venomous snake populations across many countries in Africa. The scientists took into… Read more »