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Research is changing how artists contribute to the world’s knowledge base.
The need for qualified teachers is a major challenge in a number of African countries.
The way science is currently taught in southern African countries ignores the fact that the whole environment is a laboratory for learning.
Women-owned small business in Tanzania stay away from formal loans because of their negative beliefs about loans.
The 2018 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners include astrophysicist and science communicator Alan Duffy and the citizen science app QuestaGame.
Zimbabwe’s new president promised to deliver the country citizens want but the nation remains on edge.
As transitional justice efforts have become more widespread, their mandates have also become increasingly ambitious.
Under representation of women in the science and engineering career fields is a result of poor work life balance.
Researchers analyzed troves of messages sent between matches and found that the fibs people tell are usually rational ones that serve a purpose.
Research is yielding strategies for making plastics greener and more sustainable. But without support as they scale up, new versions will struggle to compete with well-established synthetic plastics.
Women in the DRC are much more than victims of violence and coming together to effect change.
African-Americans are severely underrepresented in genetics and neuroscience research. That could leave the treatments of the future out of their reach.
For online gamblers, there are many attractions to offshore sights, so governments must focus on arming consumers with better knowledge about its risk.
Data and statistical analysis were used to find an association - if any - between extreme weather conditions and crime in South Africa’s capital.
Two decades after terrorists bombed the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Kenya has implemented a slew of measures to counter terrorism.
Images taken out of a research context and shared with the public offer a way to connect scientists with the broader world – and vice versa. These photos are stunning examples.
Togo illustrates the difficulty of moving away from personalised politics.
Researchers pay scant attention to women principals’ identities as leaders in relation to race, culture, ethnicity, religion, class, and sexuality.
American policymakers and lawmakers are floating unilateral sanctions against Russia, Iran and even Turkey in an effort to change behavior. But research shows sanctions only work in narrow circumstances.
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