Mining accounts for about half of Australia’s exports. In terms of ‘economic complexity’, the nation ranks 59th in the world, between Kazakhstan and Lebanon.
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Innovation and industry policy is receiving the least attention just when it may matter most to our economic future.
Appendicitis is a painful condition caused by an infection of the appendix, a small pouch of tissue attached to the large intestine.
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A number of contradictory studies have found a link between Parkinson’s and having your appendix out.
Publish or perish?
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South Africa is ahead of the pack when it comes to research output in Africa. But this ranking is not a celebration.
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Some multinational food corporations may have learned a few tricks from big tobacco.
Malawian villages operate according to strict hierarchies. NGOs can unsettle these.
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The mere presence of NGOs, no matter their size or aims, inadvertently reduced the legitimacy of local village headmen.
Dadaab, established almost 30 years ago, hosts about half of Kenya’s refugees.
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Human rights organisations worry that the UNHCR may be helping refugees return to war zones and, as an enabler of repatriation, are helping Kenya to violate refugees’ rights
Malaysia’s wildlife department seized 50 African rhino horns destined for Vietnam last year.
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Our findings suggest that the demand for rhino horn is unlikely to fall because people’s beliefs are firmly entrenched.
Representative stone tools (handaxes) recorded in the study area.
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There’s almost no place on earth that doesn’t hold traces of humanity. But which routes did our ancestors follow first?
While 68 percent of men now support marijuana legalization, only 56 percent of women do.
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Could mothers be responsible for the gender gap? Or are other factors at play?
Open access journals come with hidden costs.
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An urgent discussion is needed around the cost of research publications.
Was Kyrie Irving’s leadership style a factor in the Boston Celtics’ struggles this season?
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A group of researchers figured out which NBA teams featured the most egotistical players, and then tracked their performances over the course of a season.
Many South African children are still in the process of learning English by the time they first start going to school.
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The ability of multilingual children to learn and advance academically from pre-primary has little to do with their English proficiency.
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How one academic found the perfect platform to share her research with the public.
An election official checks a voter’s photo identification at an early voting polling site in Austin, Texas.
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States may have passed these laws with the aim of reducing turnout. But new evidence suggests that they have a minimal or nonexistent effect.
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Autistic and artistic, you can be both.
Documents show tobacco companies have marketed their products to young people.
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Tobacco companies are enlisting the help of social media influencers to promote traditional cigarettes and their brands to young people.
Scientists need leadership skills if they’re to guide solutions in African countries.
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Science development in Africa is intimately linked to the quality of people who are able to lead change.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rwanda has a booming economy that is controlled by an authoritarian regime
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Rwanda is a paradox – a ‘development miracle’ and an authoritarian state.
TB, which is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, is a leading cause of death.
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In Southern Africa, high rates of HIV infection have been the primary driver of TB
In one year alone 380,000 domestic applicants didn’t get a university place in Nigeria.
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Nigeria’s higher education system is the biggest on the continent but it lags behind on research output.