
Q&A: ‘Global village’ needed to raise a scientist
By Bothina Osama, Ben Deighton [STOCKHOLM] There is an African saying that it takes a village to raise a child. But according to Segenet Kelemu, the director general of the …
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By Bothina Osama, Ben Deighton [STOCKHOLM] There is an African saying that it takes a village to raise a child. But according to Segenet Kelemu, the director general of the …
Read Moreby Justin Elliott and Kengo Tsutsumi May 23, 5 a.m. EDT Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, created and promoted a “military discount” that charges service members who are eligible to file for free. …
Read MoreFreya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia Tourism today has a problem and needs an entire rethink. Pundits are debating overtourism, peak tourism and tourismphobia. Cities such as Barcelona, Venice and …
Read MoreBy Laura Owings Despite increasing use of mobile technologies in African healthcare, key challenges remain, writes Laura Owings.As a community health worker tasked with tracking infant vaccinations in Kenya, Collince …
Read MoreA trip that included a walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, drew a number of officials from states with controversial voting requirements. by Jessica Huseman May 13, 5:27 …
Read MoreSarah Steele, University of Cambridge and Lejla Sarcevic, University of Cambridge alphaspirit/Shutterstock For the health-conscious consumer, it’s hard to keep up with the dizzying array of products on offer. Consumers …
Read MoreBy Inga Vesper The effects of climate change, including floods and extreme temperatures, have become more important push factors in migration than economic inequality or conflict, according to a global …
Read MoreAfter a ProPublica report last year, the American charity and Liberian government promised to independently investigate. Amid the silence that followed, something strange happened involving the principal of a school …
Read MoreRohit Chopra, Santa Clara University Smartphones are a conduit for misinformation about the Indian election. AP Photo/Manish Swarup A general election in India, the world’s most populous democracy, seems a …
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