Scientists May Have Solved Mystery Behind Egypt's Pyramids
Nile Post
BBC | Scientists believe they may have solved the mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the world-famous Giza complex, were built in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. Read more »
Tobacco Harm Reduction Approach - Africa shouldn't be left behind [interview]
allAfrica
Allafrica had the privilege of speaking with Bahman Safakish, Managing Director of the Pan African Region for Philip Morris International, to discuss tobacco harm reduction… Read more »
Joel Isabirye Appointed Editor in Chief At Us-Based Journal
Nile Post
Seasoned media consultant and multidisciplinary professor Dr. Joel Isabirye has been appointed as the editor in chief of the Africa Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (AJIR). Read more »
Scientists Worry About SA's Collapsing Air Pollution Monitoring Stations [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Fewer than 20% of government air pollution monitoring stations were capturing reliable data last year, partly due to rolling blackouts. Adding to these problems, dozens of… Read more »
Yo-Waste - Innovator Tumusiime Makes Final Shortlist for Shs230m Prize
Nile Post
Ugandan innovator Martin Tumusiime is among the four finalist competing for a £50,000 (About Shs235 million) Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Read more »
Leopard DNA Study in South Africa Traces Ancestry to Ice Age - and Will Guide Conservation [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
An ice age almost one million years ago led to a meeting between leopards from central and southern Africa that were searching for grassland. New research into the leopards'… Read more »
Science Journalism in South Africa - Social Media Is Helping Connect With New Readers [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Science journalism is about taking complex academic research and turning it into easy-to-read content that is still accurate. Aside from informing readers through evidence-based… Read more »
The Ancient Egyptian Goddess of the Sky and How I Used Modern Astronomy to Explore Her Link With the Milky Way [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
What did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky? All cultures ascribed special meaning to the Sun and the Moon, but what about the pearly band of light and shadow… Read more »
WHO Africa Advances African Science By Promoting Peer-Reviewed Research
IPS
The World Health Organization's African regional office and partners published over 25 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals in 2023 as part of efforts to address the… Read more »
Zim Archaeologist Gets U.S.$2,6m Grant
The Herald
Zimbabwean archaeologist Shadreck Chirikure, who is Edward Hall Professor of Archaeological Science at the University of Oxford, is among four outstanding research leaders awarded… Read more »
Sex Differences Don't Disappear As a Country's Equality Develops - Sometimes They Become Stronger [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The more gender equal a society is, the more similar men and women will be, adopting more similar interests, personality traits and behavioural patterns. Or so many people seem to… Read more »
Capitalizing On Science, Technology for Economic Boom
Ethiopian Herald
It has so far been attested that scientific advances and technological change are increasingly becoming important drivers of recent economic performance and development and… Read more »
Flowers May Be More Ancient Than Dinosaurs - but Scientists Can't Agree On When They Evolved [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Flowers may look delicate - but flowering plants, what scientists call angiosperms, are one of the most successful evolutionary organisms on the planet. Including more than 350,000… Read more »