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Is Kamala Harris a reliable climate leader?
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Venus: could it really harbour life? New study springs a surprise
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Keep calm, but don’t just carry on: how to deal with China’s mass surveillance of thousands of Australians
Australia needs to adopt recommendations by law reform inquiries and establish a national right to privacy
Primates are facing an impending extinction crisis - but we know very little about what will actually protect them
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Oxford scientists: These are final steps we’re taking to get our coronavirus vaccine approved
The vaccine is being evaluated in these different regions and populations of the world to ensure that results of ...
Will there be a middle path for affordable COVID-19 vaccines?
It is expected for COVID-19 vaccines to be classified as 'global public goods', given their development is being substantially funded ...
Why 'vaccine nationalism' could doom plan for global access to a COVID-19 vaccine
A COVID-19 vaccine will likely be the only way to return to any semblance of normal life. The COVAX ...
US officials urge to override Gilead patent
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Eyes on the world — drones change our point of view and our truths
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Five reasons people buy illegal wildlife products – and how to stop them
By understanding what drives people to buy wild species, we can figure out how best to stop them
New research reveals these 20 Australian reptiles are set to disappear by 2040
Australia is home to about 10 per cent of all known reptile species — the largest number of any country ...
Paul Rusesabagina’s arrest shows there’s no space for critical voices in Rwanda
The tragedy of his story is that someone who took heroic actions to protect the lives of others became ...
How to use precision medicine to personalise COVID-19 treatment according to the patient’s genes
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Towards Wakanda — Chadwick Boseman’s passing and the power and limits of Afrofuturism
Black Panther draws on an artistic movement known as Afrofuturism, in which knowledge about past violence and injustice inform ...
COVID-19 clues in a community’s sewage: 4 questions answered about watching wastewater for coronavirus
Wastewater monitoring could inform all sorts of public health intervention and disease surveillance programmes
How power shaped the ‘success story’ of genetically modified cotton in Burkina Faso
Many GM crops in Africa are not the domain of big agri-business companies. This doesn’t mean vested interests won’t ...
Are hurricanes strengthening more rapidly?
Just having the right water temperature and moisture won’t ensure that storms will undergo rapid intensification or become major ...
African farmers are younger than you think. Here is why
Our findings debunk the myth that most farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are over 60 years of age — far ...
Nigerian university students find online learning painful: Here’s why
Challenges mentioned by students included higher data consumption, distractions from the neighborhood, friends and relatives, erratic power supply and ...
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