Tsetse fly genome offers hope in sleeping sickness fight
May 15, 2014, 10:00 am By SciDev
We can now unlock its behavioural and physiological secrets and use them in new control methods, say…Assessing stressed crops from the sky
May 15, 2014, 8:00 am By SciDevIn this video, discover how unmanned drones collect valuable agricultural data and can help to…UK’s Science Media Centre lambasted for pushing corporate science
May 14, 2014, 8:00 am By SciDevAcademics call for more critical journalism and public interest in science media centres, reports…Focus on Poverty: Big data is no shortcut to equality
May 14, 2014, 6:00 am By SciDev
Although big data has its benefits, it’s no magic bullet to improve the lot of the poorest, says…G8 and FAO open agriculture projects set to join forces
May 14, 2014, 2:40 am By SciDev
At a recent consultation, GODAN and CIARD considered merging in an effort to promote free access to…Ignoring users’ needs ‘harms take up of clean stoves’
May 13, 2014, 9:00 am By SciDev
Projects to boost the use of safer stoves in poor nations must focus on culture as well as…Taking stock of science communication’s big challenges
May 13, 2014, 7:00 am By SciDevScience communicators face many conceptual challenges — here are four that could be the most vital…Focus on Migration: How ICTs could protect human rights
May 12, 2014, 12:00 pm By SciDev
Using mobile phones and the internet to share information could inform migrants and protect…The indigenous knowledge video roadshow
May 12, 2014, 10:00 am By SciDevThe Cobra project records and shares tribal groups’ wisdom to help them find their own solutions…Cultural change in Kenyan banana farming
May 12, 2014, 8:00 am By SciDevThis audio slideshow shows how innovative tissue cultures are boosting production and family…Bee booby-traps defend African farms from elephants
May 12, 2014, 4:00 am By SciDev
Fences incorporating beehives to exploit elephants’ dislike of bees have been erected in five…Argentina sets up science communication agency
May 9, 2014, 12:00 pm By SciDevThe new body may receive a tenth of the Argentinean science ministry’s research budget, an…Nigerian newspapers hardly cover nanotechnology
May 9, 2014, 9:00 am By SciDevExperts say the lack of articles, as revealed by a forthcoming study, could harm efforts to reduce…Hope for Latin America’s science communication degrees
May 8, 2014, 11:00 am By SciDevPostgraduate courses and research on science communication should focus on local social needs,…View on Disability: Research could inform DFID strategy
May 8, 2014, 9:40 am By SciDev
Research could help the department’s future disability strategy account for local nuances, says…Portuguese-speaking Africa: is English the only option?
May 8, 2014, 7:40 am By SciDevThe language can help to communicate science and get foreign jobs, according to experts at PCST2014.Climate change may increase ‘hidden hunger’
May 8, 2014, 7:00 am By SciDev
In this podcast, experts explain why higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may worsen…Earthgirl2: The 21st century’s answer to Super Mario?
May 7, 2014, 8:40 am By SciDev
By weaving science into videogames, an artist is hoping to educate girls about what to do during…A ‘post-antibiotic era’ may be approaching, warns WHO
May 7, 2014, 8:00 am By SciDev
Limited surveillance in poor nations is also hitting attempts to stop the rise of drug-resistant…Are local people excluded from field research agendas?
May 7, 2014, 7:00 am By SciDev
At a science communication meeting, there is vastly different thinking on how best to engage poor…
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