Nearly century-old error WHO and CDCs cite as key Covid prevention tool
In the past, graduate student Katie Randall would have acquired the book, In Before Times, through interlibrary loan. With the pandemic shutting down universities, that was no longer an option. On the wilds of the open internet, Randall tracked down a first edition from a rare book seller for $500...
Central African energy industry wary of bloc’s punitive foreign exchange protocols
Financial flow regulations adopted by the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC) are likely to slow down business in the economic bloc, oil companies operating in the bank’s jurisdiction warn. Fears of imminent economic and business setbacks were expressed at a May 17 meeting between BEAC and African Energy...
Book review: America’s jolly physics Nobel laureate who nearly bombed Nevada
In the early 1950s, the physicist Frederick Reines and his colleague Clyde Cowan designed an experiment to detect neutrinos, the tiniest and most elusive of subatomic particles. Theorists were convinced that neutrinos must exist – and that they would be untraceable. And Reines liked nothing better than a challenge. The...
Linguistic analyses show mainstream media bias delegitimises Black-rights protesters
The protests following the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by police a year ago built on those that came before – in response to the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland and far too many others. The global reckoning was a result of...
Wildlife conservation goes nuclear as endangered African rhino project is launched
A nuclear science-based project with high potential to drastically reduce rhino poaching in Africa was mid this month (May) launched in South Africa. It is expected that the success of the project will decrease the demand for rhino horn on the international market as well as make the it more...
