US health secretary’s ‘alternative medicine’ push inspired quest to ‘live forever’ via snake venom, urine therapy
Biohacking is a big tent, combining Silicon Valley technology, Burning Man spirituality and health libertarianism. If anything unites this crowd, it is a distrust of the medical status quo – particularly the pharmaceutical industry – and an appetite for tech-heavy alternatives.
Pirates of the past: How buccaneers and criminals shaped history, modern military, democracy and world trade
Conquests by pirates have been in many instances an inspiration to sportsmen, musicians and filmmakers. Tales of conquests by pirates are stuff of the impossible. Piracy can easily be the byword for heroism, which mankind craves.
From a small lab in a rural school in western Kenya, a chemistry teacher builds an ethanol distillery from Lake Victoria water hyacinth
When the National Environment Trust Fund (NETFUND) issued a call for green innovations, Arua submitted his idea. It won him a place in a two-year incubation programme, during which he refined the concept into a viable product.
Food rations are halved in one of Africa’s largest refugee camps following US President Trump aid pause
Food rations have been halved. Previous ration cuts led to protests in March. Monthly cash transfers that refugees used to buy proteins and vegetables to supplement the rice, lentils and cooking oil distributed by WFP have ended this month.
Buried faith: Temple beneath the mosque and why Jews could not establish State of Israel in western Kenya
What was in the nineteenth century the Luhyia Kingdom (also known as Wanga Kingdom) had been carved out for Jews, but this was not to be as resettling in western Kenya would have meant the community that is believed the descendants of Jesus Christ being stripped of their spiritual, cultural and biological attachment to their motherland.
How Buffalo Bicycle became a timely intervention in health coverage in rural Uganda
In Uganda, an East African country of 45 million people, efforts to market the bicycle have focused on supporting health workers like Abalo, who visits people’s homes and reports any issues to authorities.
ICC to renew crimes against humanity in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels accused of executing civilians in Goma
Human Rights Watch confirmed that M23 fighters executed seven people on streets close to Katindo Camp and received credible reports of dozens more killings.
Understanding High Seas Treaty to protect world oceans and why its implementation has delayed
The treaty also aims to ensure that all countries have fair and equitable access to the ocean’s resources. While it is widely referred to as the High Seas Treaty, officially it is called the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty.















