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The Mau Mau in Kenya mounted an armed rebellion against British rule, starting in the 1950s, in pursuit of independence. It’s been unclear why the resilient freedom fighters failed to maintain revolutionary action after independence. Anaïs Angelo, who has authored a new book on the movement, sets out to answer the question.
The aye-aye – a member of the lemur family – is one of nature’s most fascinatingly bizarre creatures. Native to Madagascar it is most famous for its exceptionally long and skinny fingers. Adam Hartstone‐Rose has found yet another unique specialisation that sets the aye-aye apart from other primates: a sixth finger. He explains the previously undocumented, tiny extra digit, which is called a “pseudothumb”.
The minute Cape peninsula moss frog is listed as “near threatened” on the international list of threatened species. But keeping track of them is tough given their size. In today’s episode of Pasha John Measey explains how his team studied the frogs by using microphones to listen to them.
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A statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, who was killed in 1957.
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Anaïs Angelo, Universität Wien
The resilient Mau Mau freedom fighters failed to maintain revolutionary action after independence.
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The aye-aye.
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Adam Hartstone‐Rose, North Carolina State University
Previously undocumented, this tiny extra digit –- called a "pseudothumb" –- is a structure on each wrist made of bone and cartilage.
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Health + Medicine
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Martin Heine, Stellenbosch University
Cardiac rehabilitation is not available in many African countries and the way forward may be to focus on patients rather than specific diseases.
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Temitope Kayode Bello, University of Johannesburg
Providing antiretroviral therapy without incorporating quality diets may not help to reduce illness and death related to HIV.
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Politics
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Richard Calland, University of Cape Town
Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism.
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Franz Krüger, University of the Witwatersrand
Most of the community radio stations operate on a survivalist level, and should be seen as struggling small, medium and micro enterprises.
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Podcasts
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Ozayr Patel, The Conversation
Acoustic monitoring is ideal for tracking the abundance of a species over time, because it has minimal impact on the species being monitored.
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Ozayr Patel, The Conversation
Healthy food is fresh food and it needs to be made affordable for everyone.
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From our international editions
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Roberto Foa, University of Cambridge; Andrew James Klassen, University of Cambridge
Dissatisfaction with democracy is rising around the world. But there are a few 'islands of contentment'.
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Paul Kyberd, Brunel University London
When scientists created the Higgs particle with protons, they needed the 10km-wide Large Hadron Collider. A muon machine could achieve it with a diameter of just 200 metres.
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En español
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Nuria Ferrer Ramos, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech
Si bien los datos sugieren que las industrias tiene un impacto mínimo, las cosas podrían cambiar.
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Nuria Máximo Bocanegra, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
En la actualidad, cuatro de cada diez familias españolas tienen al menos una mascota. Según los últimos estudios, esto supone un beneficio para la salud mental.
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