A Peruvian farmer is trying to hold energy giant RWE responsible for climate change – the inside story of his groundbreaking court case: On a crisp, sunny day high in the Peruvian Andes, two German judges gaze across a mountain lake to the towering white glaciers in the distance. Dark spots are visible on the …
Malaria: two groundbreaking vaccines have been developed, but access and rollout are still big stumbling blocks: The approval of two malaria vaccines – the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine in 2021 and the R21/Matrix-MTM vaccine in 2023 – will help control, and eventually help eradicate, a disease that causes more than 600,000 deaths annually. Nearly 2 million children …
Gay Games: Hong Kong’s groundbreaking role as first Asian host could be overshadowed by politics: esfera/Shutterstock The Gay Games – a global sporting event for LGBTQ+ athletes – have been held in San Francisco, Paris, Sydney and several other cities in North America and Europe. This year, the games will be held in Asia for …
Physics has long failed to explain life – but we’re testing a groundbreaking new theory in the lab: Daniel X D/Shutterstock Modern physics can explain everything from the spin of the tiniest particle to the behaviour of entire galaxy clusters. But it can’t explain life. There’s simply no formula to explain the difference between a …
Africa’s groundbreaking women’s rights treaty turns 20 – the hits and misses of the Maputo protocol: There's been improvements in sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Lucian Coman/Shutterstock 2023 marks two decades since the adoption of the Maputo Protocol. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in …
The Good Mothers: Disney’s groundbreaking drama tries to tell the stories of women in the mafia but important pieces of the puzzle are missing: Disney+ The music accompanying the opening titles of the new Disney+ series The Good Mothers is a lullaby in the Calabrian dialect: Ninna, ninna, ninna, ninna, neda The wolf eats the …
Spare Rib: 50 years since the groundbreaking feminist magazine first hit the streets – its legacy still inspires women: Retro AD Archives/Alamy In the summer of 1972, the Women’s Liberation Movement was fighting hard, through rallies and marches, for social, sexual and reproductive liberation. The “second wave” of feminism was at its peak, gaining notoriety …
Pig’s heart transplant: was David Bennett the right person to receive groundbreaking surgery?: Surgeons at University of Maryland School of medicine showing the modified pig's heart that would be transplanted into David Bennett. University of Maryland School of Medicine The recent world-first heart transplant from a genetically modified pig to a human generated both headlines …
South Africa in the news: Benin’s groundbreaking new abortion law will save the lives of many women: Benins parliament has voted to legalise abortion in most circumstances This is a groundbreaking move by the west African country given that 92 of …: “South Africa” – BingNews What Happened When India Last Played Namibia In A …
Benin’s groundbreaking new abortion law will save the lives of many women: Benin's new abortion law considers a woman's socioeconomic situation. Anton_Ivanov/Shutterstock Benin’s parliament has voted to legalise abortion in most circumstances. This is a groundbreaking move by the west African country given that 92% of women of reproductive age on the continent live in …
Nobel Prize for groundbreaking way of building molecules that made chemistry greener: List (left) and MacMillan (right) are winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. NobelPrize.org, CC BY-SA Benjamin List and David MacMillan, respectively from Germany and the US, will share the 10 million Swedish kronor (£870,000) Nobel prize in chemistry 2021 for their …
Ground-breaking women in tech showcased at Future of Work Conference: The first-ever Future of Work Virtual Conference – hosted by CNBC Africa, in partnership with Forbes Africa – surpassed its goal of outlining digital opportunities for business in Africa, reaching more than 2 000 viewers across the globe with the live broadcast on Thursday, 20 …
iiDENTIFii, South African groundbreaking digital identity artificial intelligence company have expanded their platform onto the Microsoft Azure cloud.: The exponential rate at which iiDENTIFii is growing has allowed for their platform to be deployed across a multi-hosted global infrastructure within a matter of months. This locally based, innovative, artificial intelligence company which is focused on …