September 03
Africa: Mobile Phones Are Not Linked to Brain Cancer, According to a Major Review of 28 Years of Research
A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World… Read more »
September 02
Africa: Belief in Alien Visits to Earth Is Spiralling Out of Control - Here's Why That's So Dangerous
The idea that aliens may have visited the Earth is becoming increasingly popular. Around a fifth of UK citizens believe Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials, and an… Read more »
September 01
Africa: We Found Teenage Girls Don't Know Vulvas From Vaginas or When Their Menstrual Cycle Starts
It is important for everyone - but especially girls, women and people who menstruate - to understand how ovulation and menstruation work. Read more »
September 03
Africa: China's Investments in Africa Aren't Working As Well As They As They Should for Cities - This Needs to Change
Over the past two decades African leaders have become increasingly drawn to Chinese financing and investment. These investments are made rapidly and with reportedly less stringent… Read more »
September 02
Africa: China Reaps Most of the Benefits of Its Relationship With Africa - What's Behind the Imbalance
The ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing takes place under the theme of "Joining hands to advance modernisation and build a high-level China-Africa community with a… Read more »
Africa: African Nations Can Do More to Benefit From Ties With China, the World's Second-Strongest Economy
China's relationship with Africa is vital to Beijing's efforts to expand its influence in the western-dominated world order. China is Africa's most significant trading partner and… Read more »
Africa: China's Interests in Africa Are Being Shaped By the Race for Renewable Energy
China-Africa relations have deepened over the past two decades, characterised by increased economic cooperation, investment and infrastructure development. China is now Africa's… Read more »
Africa: China-Africa Relations - New Priorities Have Driven Major Shifts Over the Last 24 Years - 5 Essential Reads
China-Africa cooperation has evolved over the past 24 years. Read more »
East Africa: Mpox Could Spread Into Conflict Zones in East Africa - How to Manage the Response
Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda are some of the east African countries that have reported cases of mpox - a viral infectious disease - in the latest outbreak which started in the… Read more »
September 01
Africa: Aluminium Foil That Can Clean Water - We've Developed a Coating Which Attracts and Traps Dangerous Microbes
More than 2 billion people around the world do not have access to safe, uncontaminated drinking water. Around 418 million of them live in African countries. Read more »
August 30
Africa: Climate Change Has Deep Historical Roots - Amitav Ghosh Explores How Capitalism and Colonialism Fit in
Amitav Ghosh is an internationally celebrated author of 20 historical fiction and non-fiction books. The Indian thinker and writer has written extensively on the legacies of… Read more »
Africa: Why Children Are At Such High Risk for Mpox
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that children, pregnant women and people with weak immune systems are at higher risk from the mpox outbreak in the Democratic… Read more »
August 29
Africa: Is 'Africa' a Racial Slur and Should the Continent Be Renamed?
Should African people be called black - or is the categorising of people by skin colour a racist practice? How about Africa? Is the name of the continent a racial slur because it… Read more »
Africa: Mpox Vaccines - Where They Come From and What Stands in the Way of Distributing Them in Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO) have declared the latest outbreak of mpox in Africa a health emergency. An epidemic in… Read more »
August 28
Africa: Africa's 'Youthquake' - Huge Numbers of Young People Have No Jobs, the Wrong Skills and Little Hope
By 2050, one in every three young people on earth will be of African origin, according to the 2024 International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Global Employment Trends for Youth… Read more »
August 26
Africa: A Third of the World's Population Lacks Internet Connectivity - Airborne Communications Stations Could Change That
About one-third of the global population, around 3 billion people, don't have access to the internet or have poor connections because of infrastructure limitations, economic… Read more »
August 27
Africa: Children and the Internet - Helping Kids Navigate This Modern Minefield
The United States' most senior public health official, surgeon-general Vivek Murthy, believes social media platforms should come with warning labels. The United Nations' education,… Read more »
August 26
Africa: 85 Percent of the Matter in the Universe Is Missing. but We're Getting Closer to Finding It
Most of the matter in the universe is missing. Scientists believe around 85% of the matter in the cosmos is made of invisible dark matter, which has only been detected indirectly… Read more »
August 27
Africa: Even With Astronauts Stuck in Space Until Next Year, Nasa's Pushing Human Flights Harder Than Ever
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to go to the International Space Station (ISS) on a roughly ten-day mission. Instead, they have been "stuck" there since… Read more »
August 21
Africa: The Moon Was Once Covered By an Ocean of Molten Rock, Data From India's Space Mission Suggests
Data from India's recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the Moon. Scientists from the mission have published their new findings… Read more »
August 15
Africa: Learning a Language? Four Ways to Smash Through the Dreaded 'Intermediate Plateau'
How can I improve my English? This was a question frequently posed by my students in South Korea. My initial advice was straightforward - dedicate time and effort. Read more »
August 27
Africa: Rock Painting Is the Oldest Image of an African Rail, a Bird That May Have Had a Special Meaning for the SAN People
The African rail (Rallus caerulescens) is a handsome bird, with a blueish breast, red legs, eyes and bill, prominent barring on the flanks, chestnut upper parts, and long toes. It… Read more »
August 21
Africa: Squid Have Tiny Teeth in Their Suckers - Scientists Could Use Their Unique Properties to Make Self-Healing Materials
When you think of a fearsome, sharp-toothed predator, a squid probably isn't the first animal that comes to mind. But these complex creatures have sophisticated eyesight, a strong… Read more »
Africa: Avalanches Can Grow 100 Times Larger Under the Sea Than On Land - Here's Why They're a Risk to the Internet
Underwater avalanches are powerful natural events that happen all the time under the surface of the ocean. They are impossible to see and extremely difficult to measure, which… Read more »
August 26
Africa: Ancient Viral Genomes Preserved in Glaciers Reveal the History of Earth's Climate - and How Viruses Adapt to Climate Change
As humans alter the planet's climate and ecosystems, scientists are looking to Earth's history to help predict what may unfold from climate change. To this end, massive ice… Read more »
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