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The Bayeux tapestry is really an embroidered comic strip
Using needlework to construct personal stories and a tangible record of events in a form of comic strip has a long and storied history.
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DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’t
Drawing lessons from Sierra Leone and having watched the mid-2026 outbreak in the DRC, I conclude that it risks become a global epidemic.
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Nonprofits spend too much time reporting to funders: a single universal template could help
A common reporting structure that combines financial and non-financial information reduces pressures on both donors and NPOs.
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Partnerships between government, business and civil society are often tense: 3 tips on how to manage them
Partnerships need to grapple with the tension between what to preserve and what to change rather than be paralysed by it.
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South Africa has new electricity pricing rules after 18 years: what it gets right and wrong
South Africa’s new electricity pricing policy reflects some changes but fails to guarantee more free power for millions who need it.
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Canadians distrust government-funded local news, but it might the industry’s best bad option
Interviews with reporters funded by the government’s Local Journalism Initiative reveal no evidence of political interference but clear examples of pressure from advertisers.
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Iran war: Tehran’s assertive rhetoric signals a new and dangerous phase in conflict
The US-Israeli war against Iran appears to be entering a new cycle of escalation.
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India’s middle-class crisis: the great bifurcation and the Gen Z uprising
The recent student protests in India reflect the difficulties faced by a middle class whose growth has slowed significantly in recent years.
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Huachuma, the Andean psychedelic cactus, is drawing Western seekers and raising ethical questions
Huachuma, the Andean cactus better known as San Pedro, contains mescaline, a psychoactive compound that alters perception and mood.
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Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds
Tiny geolocators measure light levels and atmospheric pressure to reveal the migrations of small songbirds – including the yellow-rumped warbler, also known as a butter-butt – in unprecedented detail.
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‘Star Trek’ and NASA have intertwined legacies – the show championed diversity and inspired generations of real space scientists
60 years of ‘Star Trek’: A cultural anthropologist on how the show’s “infinite diversity in infinite combinations” conception helped shape NASA’s vision of the future.
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AI is helping ease competition for scarce space on the airwaves
Radio spectrum is a critical but limited resource, but advances in technology are making it possible to share.