Africa: Watch a Star Get Destroyed By a Supermassive Black Hole in the First Simulation of Its Kind

Giant black holes in the centres of galaxies like our own Milky Way are known to occasionally munch on nearby stars. Read more »

Africa: What the Unique Shape of the Human Heart Tells Us About Our Evolution

Mammals, from the mighty blue whale to the tiny shrew, inhabit nearly every corner of our planet. Their remarkable adaptability to different environments has long fascinated… Read more »

Africa: Baobabs - Africa's Unique Trees Defy Climate Challenges, Continue to Flourish

Baobabs reach extraordinarily old ages. Some have been found to be thousands of years old. During these life spans, elder baobabs have survived erratic climate conditions. Read more »

Africa: Mpox - African Countries Have Beaten Disease Outbreaks Before - Here's What It Takes

Barely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that mpox was no longer a public health issue of international concern, it is back in the news. This time with… Read more »

Africa: Spontaneous Acts By Yoko Tawada - an Adroit Poetic Novel About Connection Post-Pandemic

Spontaneous Acts by German-Japanese writer Yoko Tawada follows a fierce and scrupulous search for connection and meaning in a noisy and overwhelming world emerging from the… Read more »

Africa: Mpox Cases in Australia Are Less Severe Than in Africa. Here's What to Know About the Strain Spreading Here

Western Australia and Victoria both issued health alerts this week over cases of mpox. WA has seen two cases, while Victoria has recorded 125 cases so far this year. New South… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Ageing Leaders - Succession Race in Cameroon, Congo and Equatorial Guinea Could Destabilise the Region

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea is 82 and has been in power for 45 years. Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, 79, has held on to power for 40 years. Cameroon's Paul… Read more »

Africa: How Does a Disease Spread From Animals to Humans? A Lot Has to Do With People's Behaviour

COVID stunned the world with an unanticipated pandemic. Now mpox, a disease which originated in animals, has been declared a global public health emergency. Read more »

Africa: Mosquitoes Use Gut Bacteria to Fight the Malaria They Transmit - Scientists Are Exploring How to Use This to End the Disease

The months of September to May are an unfortunate season in South Africa: malaria season. The mosquito-borne disease is found in the north-eastern districts of KwaZulu-Natal,… Read more »

Africa: Olympics in Africa - Egypt's Ambitious Bid to Host the Games Could Succeed - but Will It Be Worth It?

The modern Olympic Games is billed as the largest multi-sport event in the world, with a history dating back to 1896. Yet there's a glaring absence on the Olympic map and on its… Read more »

Africa: Generative Ai Hype Is Ending - and Now the Technology Might Actually Become Useful

Less than two years ago, the launch of ChatGPT started a generative AI frenzy. Some said the technology would trigger a fourth industrial revolution, completely reshaping the world… Read more »

Africa: Australia Won't Have 'Green Steel' to Itself. Africa Is Poised to Become a Global Hub

Australia is at the forefront of efforts to turn steelmaking green. Read more »

Africa: How Do People Choose What Food to Buy? Answers Depend On What You Ask - So We Built a Research Tool for African Countries

You're in a shop or market and you're buying food for the next day. How do you choose what to buy? Does it depend on how much you can spend, on what's the healthiest, the most… Read more »

Africa: Alzheimer's Might Not be Primarily a Brain Disease. A New Theory Suggests it's an Autoimmune Condition.

The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer’s disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years witnessing several important controversies. Read more »

Africa: Meta Just Closed a Vital Online Research Tool. It's Bad News for the Fight Against Misinformation

For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online. Read more »

Africa: Supermoons Are Boring - Here Are 5 Things in the Sky Worth Your Time

A supermoon may sound exciting, but it's a modest coincidence. Read more »

Africa: Genetically Modified Mosquitoes and Malaria in Africa - Top Scientist Shares Latest Advances

Mosquitoes kill more people than any other animal on the planet. According to the World Malaria Report (2023), the African continent bears the brunt of the most deadly… Read more »

Africa: Mpox Outbreak in Africa Was Neglected – It Could Now Turn into the Next Global Pandemic

The mpox outbreak in Africa is yet another example of how infectious diseases perceived to be “someone else’s problem”, and affecting mainly poor, developing… Read more »

Africa: Only 100 Years Ago the Milky Way Was Visible From Central Paris. Here's How We Can Get the Night Sky Back

For the more than 100,000 years humans have been on Earth, we have looked up at night and seen the stars and our celestial home, the Milky Way galaxy. Cultures all around the world… Read more »

Africa: Kenya Topped Africa's Olympics Medal Table - but a New Strategy Will Be Needed to Keep Winning

Kenya topped Africa's medal tally at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as the east African country did at the last two games in 2020 and 2016. Kenya is a dominant force particularly because… Read more »

Africa: Love for Cats Lures Students Into This Course, Which Uses Feline Research to Teach Science

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Read more »

Africa: From Science Fiction to Telemedicine - the Surprising 150-Year History of Long-Range Medical Treatment

In 1874, a surgeon in South Australia telegraphed wound care instructions for a patient 2,000 kilometres away. A few years later, in 1879, a letter in The Lancet medical journal… Read more »

Africa: What Is Mpox? a Microbiologist Explains What's Known About This Smallpox Cousin

On Aug. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. There have been over 15,600 cases and over 530 deaths reported in… Read more »

Africa: Africa On the UN Security Council - Why the Continent Should Have Two Permanent Seats

Africa's desire to be fully represented in all decision-making organs of the United Nations (UN), particularly in the security council, is informed by three factors. First,… Read more »

Africa: Mpox Outbreak in Africa Was Neglected - It Could Now Turn Into the Next Global Pandemic

The mpox outbreak in Africa is yet another example of how infectious diseases perceived to be "someone else's problem", and affecting mainly poor, developing countries, may… Read more »