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Political journalists must use anonymous sources with more care and not just parrot their briefings.
Serious challenges lie ahead for Botswana’s governing party as it celebrates retaining power.
Hunger affects people’s health. It also affects their dignity and their ability to live full and productive lives.
The ‘contexual-binding theory’ suggests memories are easier to retrieve when your brain is in a similar context to when the memory was first formed. Food for thought if you’re cramming for an exam.
Yerba mate is a wildly popular South American tea with a growing global market. Can this ‘superfood’ save Paraguay’s tropical forests, too?
Childbirth used to be a terrifying ordeal. But women were surrounded by others – mothers, aunts, sisters – who brought love and experience. But midway through the 19th century, this changed.
Research shows how decision making by investors is affected by the one-hour clock change.
We feel less shame in our personal lives than ever, which is a good thing. But we do still need our leaders to be bound by it.
There is evidence for catastrophic climate change from protracted volcanic eruptions in the past, but since the 1950s the emissions we produce far exceed those from volcanic activity.
For international observers, it may be stunning to see Justin Trudeau’s government reduced to a minority after his meteoric rise to power in 2015. It happened because he disappointed his progressive base.
During the campaign, partisans of all political stripes were responsible for the violence. But Frelimo supporters were far more aggressive and violent.
Abiy Ahmed was awarded the prize for efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.
Zimbabwe’s food insecurity is not just about food production, but access too. It is affected by, among others, the value of assets when sold and social and cultural dimensions that go into exchange.
Why young Iraqis to took the streets in protests that left more than 100 people dead after a brutal suppression.
How will future generations of Indians view Kashmir’s contested history?
Research shows previous fires increased child mortality and reduced growth rates.
Scholars propose a new education system centred on human development to end hazing rituals in Indonesian universities.
The story of how human eggs became an integral part of a multi-billion dollar global fertility industry starts in a unlikely place: the sex lives of farm animals.
A call to make our cities more resilient to climate change could drive one of the largest new infrastructure builds in history.
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