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A remarkable new archaeological discovery in Morocco does more than just reveal the site of a large farming society at Oued Beht 5,000 years ago. It also places north west Africa on the map in a period that is best known for the advanced societies in Rome, Greece and Turkey - on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea basin. The Moroccan site proves that Africa was most likely a major player in a period of heightened trade, migration, innovation and cultural exchange between Mediterranean societies. We spoke with the three lead archaeologists - from Morocco, Italy and the UK - about what they found and why it’s such a big deal.
Kenya’s healthcare system is undergoing significant transformation. President William Ruto’s government has introduced a new national scheme to meet universal health coverage goals as part of its economic reform agenda. The new scheme seeks to replace the National Health Insurance Fund established in 1966. The transition from old to new has been fraught with challenges, including financing gaps and low registration rates. Boniface Oyugi explains what the government can do to ease the process for a resistant public.
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Giulio Lucarini, National Research Council (CNR); Cyprian Broodbank, University of Cambridge; Youssef Bokbot, Institut national des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine in Rabat
The team’s work at Oued Beht unearthed the most extensive and earliest agricultural complex known in north Africa outside the Nile Valley.
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Boniface Oyugi, University of Kent
Implementing health reforms is complex – unpredictable forces make the outcomes difficult to control or foresee.
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Jannes Landschoff, Stellenbosch University
Three tiny new marine species have been discovered in South African waters.
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Alaba Ilesanmi, Florida State University
Stein’s memoir Moving Music is as colourful and compelling as the famous artists he toured with.
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Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti, Rice University
Jo Rogge tackles difficult subjects that society cannot afford to ignore.
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Marc Zimmer, Connecticut College
The prize honors innovation at Google DeepMind and in academia. Three researchers share the award for using machine learning to predict proteins’ 3D shapes and design the molecules from scratch.
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Robert Nichol, University of Surrey
If dark energy isn’t constant, we may need to rewrite the standard model of cosmology.
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Samuel Berhanu Woldemariam, University of Newcastle
While states have the right to expel or deny entry to any diplomat without reason, barring a top UN official could have serious ramifications for the organisation’s work.
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C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
The sellers of these online products acknowledge that many of their drugs are for ‘research purposes only’ or ‘not for human consumption.’
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