Report finds homosexuality is part of African life
Jun 11, 2015, 3:40 am By SciDevThe weight of scientific evidence shows there is nothing abnormal or un-African about homosexuality, a report says.Focus on Disability: Better data on disaster victims
Jun 11, 2015, 2:40 am By SciDevThose disabled in disasters are particularly at risk of slipping through healthcare gaps, says Islay Mactaggart.Printed solar cells hold promise for unlit rural areas
Jun 11, 2015, 2:00 am By SciDevLatest advances in printed solar cell technology may spell light for 1.3 billion people still without electricity.Figuring out the figures when reporting on risk
Jun 10, 2015, 11:53 am By SciDevJournalists can make their stories better by using simple numbers – or even avoiding them entirely.Volcanic ash study could help keep planes in the skies
Jun 10, 2015, 7:40 am By SciDevKnowing the properties of airborne ash grains can boost aircraft safety and lower the economic cost of eruptions.Reformed drug shops can widen access to healthcare
Jun 10, 2015, 7:00 am By SciDevThere are ways to make informal outlets fit for quality care in poor areas, say Jafary Hassan Liana and Martha Embrey.Handwashing with soap slashes gut worm infections
Jun 10, 2015, 3:40 am By SciDevRegular cleaning with soap cuts the reinfection rate of intestinal parasites by 68 per cent, finds Ethiopian study.Three fronts in the war against antibiotic resistance
Jun 9, 2015, 8:00 am By SciDevA multipronged plan is needed to ensure a worldwide supply of effective drugs against infection, finds Inga Vesper.Taking Peruvian mushrooms from lab to village
Jun 9, 2015, 8:00 am By SciDevWatch an ethnomycologist use simple technology to improve food security and incomes in an Andean community.Food report says quality matters
Jun 9, 2015, 6:40 am By SciDevIncreasing crops’ nutrient value could improve the health of billions of malnourished people, says think-tank.Protecting students on the front line of war
Jun 8, 2015, 12:20 pm By SciDevThe global community must rally to protect students in high-risk areas and offer them psychosocial support.Building Afghan universities in the face of violence
Jun 8, 2015, 12:00 pm By SciDevHear Afghan minister Osman Babury discuss new challenges for the war-torn country’s higher education system.Forest communities map their land using data loggers
Jun 8, 2015, 3:00 am By SciDevLocal people can use data loggers after minimal training to map the land they own and use, a project shows.Warning that tech fixes for rubbish often go to waste
Jun 5, 2015, 10:00 am By SciDevDecision-makers would do better to educate local people about reducing solid waste production, says paper.Focus on Migration: The enduring damage of displacement
Jun 5, 2015, 7:00 am By SciDevDisplacement’s long-term impact on children may be its most economically harmful blow, says Carlos Vargas Silva.Perfume chemists aim to end the stench of public loos
Jun 4, 2015, 10:40 am By SciDevA way of analysing toilet smells could boost sanitation by generating a masking perfume to encourage their use.Poor Egyptian quarry workers risk their lives
Jun 4, 2015, 9:53 am By SciDevWatch this video on the appalling conditions faced by many limestone quarry workers in Egypt.Poor Egyptian quarry workers risk their lives
Jun 4, 2015, 9:53 am By SciDevWatch this video on the appalling conditions faced by many limestone quarry workers in Egypt.Mauritius’s new president vows to boost science
Jun 4, 2015, 8:00 am By SciDevChemist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim pledges to increase science diplomacy and export the nation’s good research practices.How to give a science flash talk
Jun 4, 2015, 2:40 am By SciDevDjuke Veldhuis provides practical advice on engaging an audience with your research in just a few minutes.
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