NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems.
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As US-Africa leaders meet, it should be clear that aligning respective goals, priorities and actions is in the interests of the US and of African countries.
Digital storytelling offers a way for water researchers to capture the nuance and emotion of people’s experiences.
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Traditional research outputs like journal articles don’t often give voice to communities’ stories.
Handheld devices like this one, used for testing blood sugar levels, could help TB patients monitor their own drug levels.
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There are several reasons that TB patients don’t or can’t adhere to their treatment.
Brown-veined white butterflies migrate annually from the Kalahari region to Mozambique.
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Across the world, phenological events are occurring increasingly earlier as a result of climate change.
Knee replacements can ease people’s pain - but they are also often prohibitively expensive.
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As the world’s population ages, cheap, durable and safe artificial limbs will become ever more important.
A fossilised insect wing with some of its colouration preserved is just one tiny treasure emerging from the site.
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Tiny plant and insect fossils provide unique insight into an ancient ecosystem that would, later, be altered by climatic shifts.
Property address has long been a problem in Ghana
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Ghanaians aren’t using the new ‘smart’ street address system which was intended to improve service delivery.
An activist protests against the incarceration of hundreds of inmates imprisoned without trial in Nigeria.
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A central repository system offers practical solutions to reducing the large number of awaiting-trial inmates in Nigeria.
A lot of Ghanaian settlements face social infrastructure deficits
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Ghanaian urban and development planners need to move away from looking up to examples of innovations from the global north.
A mangrove seed at Nxaxo estuary on South Africa’s Wild Coast.
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Mangroves support a significant amount of biodiversity and their soils can capture a great deal of carbon.
Women in rural areas have limited access to the internet.
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Only a small percentage of women in rural areas have access to the Internet, so participation in online activism is limited to urban centres.
Today, leopard tortoises are the largest species found on the Cape south coast.
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Track marks are a way to fill in the blanks that sometimes exist in the body fossil record.
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The digital transformation of Kenya’s agriculture will become a reality if it can link viable digital solution providers with potential beneficiaries.
Prokaryotes are single-celled organisms without nuclei and are commonly known as bacteria.
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A new ‘rule book’ for naming genomically sequenced bacteria is a boon for science.
Predictive policing may be a useful addition to traditional policing in contexts like South Africa.
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Predictive policing has improved in leaps and bounds and become increasingly automated thanks to big data, data mining and powerful computers.
A Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater is released after being ringed at the National Museum of Kenya.
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An understanding of bird biology is the starting point for conservation efforts. 3-D reconstructions of biological structures greatly add to this understanding.
When sugarcane bagasse is burned, the ash contains silica. The race is on to extract this for various uses.
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There are ‘jewels’ among the piles of ash that remain once sugarcane’s fibrous material is burned.
A helicopter, net and a long-line cable - as well as a skilled pilot - were key to the ‘rescue’ operation.
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Without intervention, the rock may have been destroyed by high tides and storm surges.
The Stiletto Snake is one of the species found in Mozambique.
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Even by conservative estimates, Mozambique’s snakebite figures are far higher than previously thought.
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Financial support for science and research in Nigeria remains pathetic. This has led to the deterioration in the quantity and quality of trained virologists at universities.
Thalassotitan teeth.
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Fossils of a giant killer mosasaur have been discovered, alongside the fossilised remains of its prey.
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In some African countries, astronomical research is quite developed.
Ride hailing companies have found success in the transport sector in Ghana.
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Lawmakers and courts in Ghana must strengthen protections for drivers of ride hailing companies
Research comes with risks, so participants must be protected and supported as much as possible.
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Researchers have a number of responsibilities when embarking on their work - not least of all to the participants.
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African countries need to be more deliberate in developing space capabilities.