Leigh argues three forces underpin most innovation: tinkering, teamwork and trade. New ideas alone aren’t enough.
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The staircase was originally acquired due to its craftsmanship. Only later did scholars realize that it was where Harriet Jacobs suffered abuse at the hands of her enslaver.
The proposed Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger would concentrate oversight of two prominent newsrooms – CNN and CBS – under one owner with strong ties to Donald Trump.
Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of coelacanth that lived 380 million years ago.
By lifting their gaze to the treetops rather than poking around on the ground, researchers discovered eight new species of masked bees.
‘Situationists’ believe the physical spaces around us, and how we interact with them, has a significant impact on how we feel.
Rock art from a Malagasy cave hints at some remarkable cultural connections.
Mathematicians are like anatomists learning how a body works, or navigators charting new waters.
Listen to the first episode of Discovery, a new series available via The Conversation Weekly podcast, telling the stories of fascinating new research discoveries from around the world.
A team of researchers found the southernmost tree and forest on Earth at the extreme tip of South America. Wind limits where trees grow on Isla Hornos and those wind patterns are shifting.
Many great innovators have personality traits in common. Comfort with uncertainty is critical, but passion, curiosity and a number of other learnable skills can prime you for an innovate idea.
The Canadian Long Range Plan 2020 for astronomy and astrophysics builds on Canadian research’s previous success to extend Canada’s role.
Scientists have identified the world’s smallest animal – for now. It could be possible smaller creatures exist that have not yet been discovered.
Women have made life-changing research discoveries in the life sciences. Their achievements need to be recognized in order to increase future discoveries by women scientists.
A four-year puzzle has ended with the discovery of a new species of sunfish. These famously strange-looking animals are the largest bony fish in the oceans.
When it comes to valuable African fossils, much is at stake. They often unearth disputed ways of debating archaeology as a science of ‘discovery’.
A novel approach to detect bacterial infections in 10-15 minutes is expected to become commercially available next year.
The Nobel Prize-winning research on neutrinos is expected to push the boundaries of science and technology.
The discovery of Homo naledi has been a social media sensation, recording an extraordinary number of views – more than 170,000 – for a scientific paper.
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Lecturer Department of African Studies and Linguistics, University of Cape Town
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Vice Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering, Stellenbosch University
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PhD student, Murdoch University
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Professor of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand
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Paleoanthropologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Dean of Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Emeritus Robert Reford Professor and Professor of Medicine, McGill University
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Senior Lecturer in Invertebrate Ecology, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, Mathematics, Australian National University
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Professor of Conservation Paleobiology, National Tropical Botanical Garden, and Adjunct Professor, University of Hawaii
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Flinders University
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