South African geneticists and international counterparts have traced the origins of a genetic peeling disorder, Oudtshoorn skin, and discovered the mutation that causes it.
The idea of white victimhood played an important part in Donald Trump’s rise. The South African brand of white supremacy has made a tangible contribution to this narrative of victimhood.
Is east Asia really the top dog when it comes to education?
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How WA managed to emerge from the mining boom with an estimated debt burden of $40 billion is one of the West’s great mysteries. Or not, if you bother to look more closely.
The country’s lawmakers for the past two years have been deliberating a new oil and gas bill without much progress.
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Giri Ahmad Taufik, Indonesian Center for Law and Policy Studies (PSHK)
Indonesian lawmakers should ignore a push from nationalists groups to return monopoly rights over the country’s oil and gas reserved to the state oil company, Pertamina.
Marit Haldar, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
I voted to stay out of the EU in 1994, but I’d choose differently if I had a chance now.
The Saami have a history of colonisation and discrimination, and tend not to have easy relationships with the four modern states they inhabit.
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Although the Saami have made political and legal gains in the past decades, progress is precarious. And recognition of their rights cannot be taken for granted.
Using incentives drawn from game play, the peak-hour crush can be reduced, or avoided altogether.
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Using elements of game play, we can create incentives for people to change how and when they make various transport choices in ways that enable the whole system to work better.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne