Testing new ways to use this technology is underway in Japan.
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These technologies could turn into a powerful tool for fighting global warming, and they have the potential to address historical climate injustices.
Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup.
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Gene sequences can be manipulated to prevent certain diseases and improve public health.
A costly commute.
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Bus Rapid Transit has powerful supporters around the world – but shouldn’t public transport be designed in the public interest?
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African countries need to find a way to present a common front to the rating agencies.
Ethiopia’s first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde (L), stands next to prime minister Abiy Ahmed (R).
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It’s no wonder that he is many people’s African prime minister of 2018. But will he make it through 2019?
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Significant new insights are emerging for the treatment of malaria, and eventually its eradication.
Supporters of DR Congo’s opposition leader, Felix Tshisekedi, celebrate after he was declared the winner.
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If the violence feared in the aftermath of the election does manifest, it will be because of Congolese society’s commitment to and defence of democracy, not in spite of it.
Guinea-pig farming is popular in Peru and is an option for African farmers.
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Guinea pigs are a good livestock choice and don’t compete with humans for their food.
Shampoo containing plastic microbeads.
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A plastic bag has an average usage time of 20 minutes, while it can take up to 1000 years to break down in the environment.
Medium-scale African farmers are relatively wealthy and influential.
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Medium-scale farms are an important driver of agricultural and rural transformation in much of Africa.
Turkish people in Ankara attempting to stop a military coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 16, 2016.
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2018 is on track to become only the second coup-free year in a century. Coup risk is way down worldwide, thanks to growing political stability in Latin America. Africa has the highest risk of coup.
Applications like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp have brought a broad range of users in on public discussions.
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New media platforms have changed the way people create, consume and relate the news.
The city of Uvira, in the South Kivu province, study site for new research on cholera.
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In the fight against cholera, new research in the DRC suggests that the rehabilitation of water networks would be more sustainable than other interventions whose effectiveness is debatable.
Team member Felix Knight looks through archives at the Church of Espiritu Santo in Havana, Cuba.
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The Slave Societies Digital Archive documents the lives of approximately 6 million free and enslaved Africans in the Americas.
India has developed a pioneering national agroforestry policy.
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If we need more trees, many will have to be introduced into managed agricultural mosaic landscapes.
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African countries are sure to face more flooding in the future, they need to adapt or risk loosing the progress that’s already been made
An Oldowan core freshly excavated at Ain Boucherit from which sharp-edged cutting flakes were removed.
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New discovery could be a game changer for archaeology.
One of the plundered Benin plaques, at the British Museum.
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Colonial powers plundered the heritage of countries all over the world – restitution is long overdue.
A rhinoceros after having had its horn removed.
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Trading rhino horn has been legalised in a bid to undercut poachers and the black market.
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Times are changing – will the 2020s be Africa’s decade?