Governance and education are strong candidates, but the most versatile solution to development challenges, from poverty and hunger to disease and resource scarcity, is science, ... Read more »
The world's largest agri-corporations are pressuring governments to allow what could become the broadest patent claims in intellectual property history, experts warn. Read more »
Scientists have warned that two strains of mosquito responsible for most malaria infections in Africa have evolved to such a large degree that they are close to becoming separate ... Read more »
Doctors and activists have condemned a recent clinical trial for delaying the antiretroviral treatment of people with CD4 counts below 200 until they had finished their TB ... Read more »
A recently developed tea bag-sized filter could provide a cheap, easily replenished source of water for those who need it most. Read more »
An interview with Dr Zeda Rosenberg of the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM), a non-profit organization. Read more »
Some Moroccan students and teachers have spent part of the summer heading into space by way of the United States. Read more »
Research and development into new malaria vaccines have yielded promising results. Read more »
Two-million-year-old partial skeletons of a new species of hominid have been found in the Cradle of Humankind, sparking a fresh debate about who our immediate ancestors were. Read more »
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