By Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Ass. Professor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; North-West University
Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso, Senior Lecturer at Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria and Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa, North-West University
AI tools for farming can play a role. But they need to be properly tailored for African and developing nations’ context.
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By Helga Dickow, Associate Researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, Freiburg Germany, University of Freiburg
In most multilingual African countries, language policy is a highly charged and controversial issue. It touches on regional identity, religion and political power – as is evident in Chad, in central Africa.
Around 130 languages are spoken in the multi-ethnic and multi-religious Chad. The two official languages are Standard Arabic and French. Neither has its origins in the country and neither is the mother…
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By Amina Ebrahim, Research Fellow at at UNU-WIDER, United Nations University
Patricia Justino, Professor and Director Designate, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
Data labs in Zambia, South Africa and Uganda are deepening how governments understand the economies they are responsible for, and the people within them.
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By Alec Thomson, SKA-Low Commissioning Scientist, Square Kilometre Array Observatory; and Affiliate, Space and Astronomy, CSIRO
Magnetic fields are a fundamental part of the universe. They govern how small particles – the building blocks of planets, stars, and ultimately galaxies – move through space.
We still don’t know how magnetic fields came to exist in the universe, but we do know they’re everywhere. Earth itself has a magnetic field that compasses and migrating birds respond to.
With radio telescopes, astronomers can use the light from distant galaxies…
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By Sean Brophy, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University
Spend ten minutes talking to a soon-to-be graduate about their job search and you might come away convinced that a university degree has become a confidence trick.
The class of 2025 spent the better part of a year sending hundreds of applications for a handful of replies. The class of 2026 is now graduating into the same market and reporting…
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By Amnon Aran, Professor of International Relations, City St George's, University of London
Ordinary Lebanese and Israeli people are caught in the middle of a longstanding conflict between the Israeli government and Hezbollah.
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By Laëtitia Langlois, Maître de conférences en études politiques britanniques, Université d’Angers
On June 23 2016, a slight majority of Britons voted to leave the European Union. Today surveys show that more people are regretting the EU divorce deal rather than celebrating it.
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By Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
George Michael was a true artist who had a big hand in every aspect of the creation of his music.
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By Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro, Lecturer in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling
Leipzig Zoo in central Germany is a world-leading centre of great ape research. Recent studies have seen chimpanzees there using touchscreen controls to navigate virtual forests and locate food rewards – applying similar techniques to what they would use in the wild.
Other research (of which I was part) has investigated chimpanzees’ social curiosity. We discovered they actively seek out information…
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By Luke Danagher, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Limerick
Used carefully, psychopathy research can help the law make better decisions. Used carelessly, it can turn a contested scientific construct into a shortcut for fear.
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