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It’s great news that the number of mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park has risen. But we still can’t be sure that the survey count is correct, because of differing methods used. Katerina Guschanski explains.
The issue of race remains a hot topic in debates about South Africa’s cricket team. Under colonialism and apartheid the game was segregated and developed unequally. These inequalities persist, as reflected in the dismal representation of players of colour over the past two decades. Mary Ann Dove interviewed dozens of players about what needs to be done for meaningful transformation in the sport.
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Mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
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Katerina Guschanski, Uppsala University
Surveys are likely to have missed multiple groups and individuals due to differences in survey techniques.
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From left, Lungi Ngidi, fielding coach Justin Ontong and Kagiso Rabada of the South African cricket team during a training session ahead of a 2018 test match in Australia.
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Mary Ann Dove, University of Cape Town
Interviewing dozens of South African cricketers across all levels of the sport finds a perception that transformation has, in fact, slowed since the early 1990s.
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Ethan D. Coffel, Dartmouth College; Justin S. Mankin, Dartmouth College
Despite more rainfall, devastating hot and dry spells are projected to become more frequent in the Upper Nile basin in the future.
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Lyn Wadley, University of the Witwatersrand; Christine Sievers, University of the Witwatersrand
The charred remains of root vegetables found at Border Cave help us understand how early humans survived and thrived.
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Stig Jarle Hansen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Declining US involvement in The Horn would leave a vacuum that others can fill.
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Sheetal Soni, University of KwaZulu-Natal
The debate about gene editing will help shape the future of the human race. But how should the discussion get started?
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