The essential characteristics of an opportunity economy and participatory development approach are immediately apparent. They ...

Why should India’s human rights record matter in its bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council?

They experience barriers to accessing relevant sexual health education as well as adequate maternal healthcare during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. Following the conclusion of the African ...

Tracking vampire worms with machine learning − using AI to diagnose schistosomiasis before the parasites causing it hatch in your blood ...

The people who run US elections are, according to a scholar who studies them, politically neutral professionals who uphold the law with transparency and integrity − and do it in tough circumstances.

~ Why should India’s human rights record matter in its bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council?

Toothbrushes and showerheads in American homes are teeming with viruses known as bacteriophages (bacteria eaters), a new study has found. Many of these “phages” – as they’re known for short – have ...

To stabilise the new currency the government must address its habit of printing money, overspending on its budgets and failing to expand the economy.

Chris Desmond, Professor, Derek Schrier and the Cecily Cameron Chair in Development Economics, SEF, University of the Witwatersrand For the past two decades, investing in girls’ schooling has been ...

A growing number of students in public schools – right now, about 15% of them – are eligible for special education services. These services include specially designed instruction for students with ...

Psychologists know that childhood trauma, or the experience of harmful or adverse events, can have lasting repercussions on the health and well-being of people well into adulthood. But while the ...

While the US admitted about 70,000 Afghans into the country on an emergency basis in 2021, the measure is temporary, and these people remain in legal limbo.