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Nanosatellite launch is a big step forward for African space science

by lisadtinsley January 24, 2022

Nyameko Royi – Acting Chief Engineer, MDASat constellation project, Cape Peninsula University of Technology South African space science had a big day on 13 January 2022. The Cape Peninsula University…

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January 24, 2022 0 comment 726 views
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How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home

by lisadtinsley January 13, 2022

Anthony Siracusa – Senior Director of Inclusive Culture and Initiatives, University of Colorado Boulder On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the…

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January 13, 2022 0 comment 447 views
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: father of South Africa’s ‘rainbow nation’

by lisadtinsley January 4, 2022

P. Pratap Kumar – Emeritus Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Nata Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu has died at the age of 90. Archbishop Tutu earned the…

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January 4, 2022 0 comment 371 views
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One virus, two countries: how the misuse of science compounded South Africa’s COVID crisis

by lisadtinsley December 13, 2021

Steven Friedman – Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg Now, and in the past, “following the science” on COVID-19 has landed South Africa in trouble. This is not an…

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December 13, 2021 0 comment 251 views
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African marine rules favour big industry, leaving small-scale fishers in the lurch

by lisadtinsley December 3, 2021

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood – Lecturer, University of St Andrews Edward H. Allison – Director of Science and Research, WorldFish, CGIAR System Organization The African marine fisheries sector is huge. It’s valued…

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December 3, 2021 0 comment 220 views
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How African thinkers of the 1980s fed into today’s inequality debates

by lisadtinsley December 2, 2021

Mélanie Lindbjerg Guichon – PhD Candidate, Aarhus University Inequality is an issue that arises everywhere in the world today. Recent studies by economists such as Branko Milanovic and Thomas Piketty have looked at trends…

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December 2, 2021 0 comment 220 views
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The Benefits of Urban Gardens in Small Spaces

by lisadtinsley November 14, 2021

Lisa D. Tinsley Urban gardens are transforming cities around the world. Urban and peri-urban farms supply food to about 700 million city dwellers — one-quarter of the world’s urban population…

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November 14, 2021 0 comment 698 views
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R. Kelly was aided by a network of complicity – common in workplace abuse – that enabled crimes to go on for decades

by lisadtinsley November 1, 2021

R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Sept 27, 2021, having been exposed as the ringleader of a decades-long scheme to recruit girls, boys and…

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November 1, 2021 0 comment 290 views
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Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug – but not for COVID-19

by lisadtinsley October 21, 2021

Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann – Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut Ivermectin is an over 30-year-old wonder drug that treats life- and sight-threatening parasitic infections. Its lasting influence on global health has…

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October 21, 2021 0 comment 319 views
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Racism a Strong Factor in Black Women’s High Rate of Premature Births, Study Finds

by lisadtinsley October 18, 2021

The tipping point for Dr. Paula Braveman came when a longtime patient of hers at a community clinic in San Francisco’s Mission District slipped past the front desk and knocked…

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October 18, 2021 0 comment 252 views
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