Need to redesign open science for Asia, Africa and Latin America
Last year, my colleagues and I organised a webinar on open science with a focus on Indonesia. One participating university experienced blackouts owing to a faulty electricity grid. At another, a generator exploded. At a third, political riots had damaged buildings.Perhaps most people reading this article would find such constraints...
Reports: Realign eastern Africa without Kenyan leadership
Forever in a state political flux, Kenya risks being isolated unless its leadership finds a way of accommodating all shades of opinion.As the critical phase of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) gets underway, the determined isolation of Deputy President William Ruto has brought to the fore the undercurrents that preceded...
10,000 reasons why you are tall or short
For height, DNA is largely destiny. Studies of identical and fraternal twins suggest up to 80 per cent of variation in height is genetic. But the genes responsible have largely eluded researchers.Now, by amassing genome data for four million people—the largest such study ever—geneticists have accounted for a major share...
Scientists angry for failing to deliver Biden landslide win
As the possibility of a landslide victory for US presidential candidate Joe Biden vanished in the wee hours of November 4, some scientists saw the deadlocked election as a sign of their own failure to communicate the importance of science, evidence and truth to the general population.“This election is not...
