Independent Analysis and Reportage
When huge companies assert their patents, smaller businesses and public plant breeders are dissuaded from conducting research that might not be illegal at all.
In a polarized world, the greeting may be an acknowledgment of our interconnectedness.
From airliners to supertankers, GPS has long been invaluable for safe navigation, but its signals can easily be jammed and almost as easily faked. Researchers are racing to develop backups.
A German loan for fixing Johannesburg’s electricity utility is unlikely to make much difference to users yet: prices will probably rise faster than inflation.
The latest in the president’s long list of upgrades, renovations and new monuments has sent social media into a frenzy.
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Bougainville Copper Limited has been told its licence for the Panguna copper and gold mine has been suspended. BCL said it was considering its position after the Autonomous Bougainville Government’s Registrar of Tenements advised that as a consequence of new mining legislation the company’s rights under the exploration licence
Morel made public the now notorious abuses of Belgian rule in the Congo.
Many hedgehogs have become reliant on human-provided food.
State spending has remained high despite public demands for greater fiscal discipline.
INTERVIEW: By Ibrahim Othman In an unprecedented move on New Zealand‘s political scene, the Free Palestine Party Aotearoa has been launched with the Palestinian cause at the heart of its political platform, describing it as the foremost moral, political and economic issue in the world today. The party’s launch comes in an election year with
Children are already thinking about power and whose voices get heard.
Paraquat is banned in dozens of countries – but this cheap imported herbicide is everywhere in Australia.