The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a relatively rare situation in which the entire globe is grappling with the same crisis at the same time, albeit with widely varying approaches, resource levels, ...

A new University of Oxford study finds that almost half of the global population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2.0°C of global warming above ...

An continent-wide framework is necessary, argues an advisor to the New Partnership for Africa's Development To succeed in its aspirations of regional and global economic integration, Africa must ...

The African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI), launched in 2004 by the U.S. National Academies and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a 10-year effort to strengthen the ...

Science journalism faces a crisis worldwide. From a precipitous drop in funding to the rise of disruptive technologies such ...

Dom Byrne is a freelance radio and podcast producer based in Brighton, UK. Paballo Chauke and Shannon Morreira examine a drive by the University of Cape Town (UCT) to cultivate a more inclusive ...

These six exceptional South African scientists will embark on an extraordinary journey to the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularised the devastating effects of sudden climate change ...

In the Nature Careers and Nature Africa podcast “Science in Africa, Lessons from the Past, Hopes for the Future,” the eminent virologist and past President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, ...

Eric A. Jensen receives funding from the European Commission and other funders to conduct research on aspects of the science-society relationship globally. Jensen delivers training on evaluation and ...

Lorraine Ololia is 10. She lives in Kampala, Uganda. And she recently came up with a new career goal. A TV show about science, produced by teachers from her junior high school, has inspired her. She's ...