Biodiversity
Managed bees versus wild bees? It’s not that simple in South Africa
It’s estimated that one third of the food we consume each day relies on pollination. And this is mainly provided by bees.
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Climate
How climate change caused the world’s first ever empire to collapse
Vasile Ersek, Northumbria University, Newcastle Akkadia was the world’s first empire. It was established in Mesopotamia around 4,300 years ago after its ruler, Sargon […]
Climate
Why we should stop labelling people climate change deniers
Meanwhile, far from the pomp and formality of COP meetings, do local populations feel engaged in climate change action? I doubt it.
Data & Reports
Novel approach brings African scientists closer to a malaria vaccine
Faith Osier, Wellcome Trust In experiments conducted over 50 years ago, researchers showed that blood could be taken from adults who had become immune and used […]
Gender
Empowering women lies at the centre of controlling population growth in Africa
Alex Ezeh, Drexel University Some relatively simple future scenarios for sub-Saharan Africa have been modelled to consider how various family planning-related investments might affect […]