By Sarah Venter, Baobab Ecologist, University of the Witwatersrand
A beetle that lays eggs inside the bark of trees has killed six baobab trees in Oman for the first time. Urgent measures are needed to stop it spreading to Africa.
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By Lyla Latif, Co-Founder & Research Lead, Committee on Fiscal Studies, University of Nairobi
Public finance, or how governments at all levels raise and allocate money, is in evidence everywhere you look. That pothole destroying your car. The health clinic without medicine. The dilapidated school. Public money is not government money. It is yours, writes Kenyan finance scholar Lyla Latif in her new book Governing Public Money. Drawing on a decade of experience across 32 countries, the author sets out what ails Africa’s public finances and what could change.…
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By Georgios Bouloukakis, Assistant Professor, University of Patras; Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)
Does cloud-free AI have the cutting-edge over data processing and storage on centralised, remote servers by providers like Google Cloud? Is AI-powered edge computing safer? More trusted?
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By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
While is it possible the former prince could be removed from the line of succession, it is a messy and complicated legislative process.
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By Omololu Akin-Ojo, Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan
Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids.
What is the smallest thing in the universe that actually exists? – Mimi, 12, Abeokuta, Nigeria
To find an answer, we asked physicist Omololu Akin-Ojo, who teaches this subject. A physicist is someone who studies physics. Physics…
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By Siviwe Malongweni, Research Scientist, Sol Plaatje University
Mesquite tells a story about unintended consequences; but it also shows how careful, collaborative responses can lead to solutions for people and the environment.
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By Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
The scandal is not only putting pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer, it’s undermining trust in British government and institutions more broadly.
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By Felicity Deane, Professor of Trade Law and Taxation, Queensland University of Technology
On Friday, Trump said ‘great certainty’ had been brought back to the United States and the world. In truth, the uncertainty is far from over.
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By Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
Elizaveta Gaufman, Assistant Professor of Russian Discourse and Politics, University of Groningen
Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict. After all, it is ordinary citizens who tend to bear the economic and human costs.
And yet, as the war following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in…
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Friday, February 20, 2026
A sprawling online scam industry worth an estimated tens of billions of dollars a year is being powered by trafficked workers subjected to torture, sexual abuse and forced labour inside heavily guarded compounds in Southeast Asia, a new UN human rights report has found.
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