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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.
Autistic and artistic, you can be both.
Tobacco companies are enlisting the help of social media influencers to promote traditional cigarettes and their brands to young people.
Science development in Africa is intimately linked to the quality of people who are able to lead change.
Rwanda is a paradox – a ‘development miracle’ and an authoritarian state.
In Southern Africa, high rates of HIV infection have been the primary driver of TB
Nigeria’s higher education system is the biggest on the continent but it lags behind on research output.
Women leaders in science and technology are working together to address the gender imbalance in their fields.
Science is a part of everyday life. Science journalists can do more to connect science to the public.
A new study in Nature finds that large research teams develop recent ideas, while small teams conduct more disruptive and innovative research.
Leathermen expose the myth of hypermasculinity by refusing the violence and aggression which is normally attached to it.
One of the concerns parents have if their baby needs surgery is whether the general anaesthetic will affect the child’s developing brain. New research finds it won’t.
Understanding the pleasure drugs give people would help to prevent the harms.
Whether to attending a conferences or giving in to a meeting, the global research community is keen on air travel. That’s a habit that needs to change.
Today, universities fulfil many of the science councils’ roles at a much lower cost while also training postgraduate students.
African newsrooms are using media analytics to study their audiences but there’s a downside.
Before democracy South Africa’s mining sector prioritised profits over the people and environment. Not much has changed.
One of the most potent promoters of Nigeria’s cultural soft power is arguably Nollywood.
There are regions in South Africa where it hasn’t been established if the rainy season is in summer or winter.
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Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Communication, Michigan State University
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Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University
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Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
