The warning lights are on for malaria medicines in Africa

Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, an alternative drug, was also showing signs of failure

Policies to support dementia patients mostly in high-income countries: WHO

There will be a steady rise in global dementia prevalence in the coming decades, the health agency warns

WHO sets global benchmarks for salt

The WHO considered national targets from 41 countries to set salt benchmarks; No country from WHO-South East Asia region, including, India, …

Why Ebola is back in Guinea and why the response must be different this time

The virus is always present in nature and, when circumstances allow, may jump from one species to another

DTE Coverage: 2 summits, 1 agenda

Conferences were held in Geneva and Nairobi to decide future of biodiversity governance 

Simply Put: Tsar Vladimir

Simply Put: Climate impact on hospitals

Predicting disasters: Technology behind early warning systems & countries with lowest adoption

Asia and Africa have the lowest share of countries with early warning systems

Simply Put: Microplastics in food

India is key to the success of Stockholm+50, as it was in 1972

Simply Put: Antimicrobial resistance

Simply Put: Freedom on Earth Day

Climate Variability and Change in Africa: Perspectives, Experiences and Sustainability

This book presents a comprehensive overview of climate variability and change in Africa

Yaounde Declaration: Health ministers of 11 African countries commit to end malaria deaths

But experts insist that such expressed political will must be accompanied by action on the ground  

AI can see you

A sophisticated and frightening face-recognition algorithm being employed by technology firms could be the end of privacy as we know it

As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?

We’ll need to incorporate new ways of cooling panels and improve the materials used. We also need to improve manufacturing processes and …

Book Excerpt: Have you ever tried a sustainable safari in Africa?

In safari tourism, the balance between humans, development, and wildlife is a difficult one to strike; but there are safari companies trying to …

A new virus-like entity has just been discovered – ‘obelisks’ explained

Obelisks have a circular single-stranded RNA genome and no protein coat but, like viruses, their genomes contain genes that are predicted to code …

Simply Put: Alone

COVER STORY: Why are governments across Africa on a legislation spree to regulate seeds market

Countries and economic blocs across Africa are on a legislating spree to regulate the continent’s seed markets, ostensibly to overcome …

Megadrought along border strains US - Mexico water relations

A landmark 1944 US-Mexico treaty that governs water relations between the two countries, is buckling under the enormous strain of climate change

World seeing signs of climate breakdown: Antonio Guterres

UN Pact for Future must prioritise communities bearing brunt of climate emergency, says UN secretary-general 

Robots develop new semiconductor materials in tests that are 10 times faster & greener

With the technology, scientists have been able to develop alloys with perovskites materials that can improve solar cells

Loss and damage: Displacements

Globally, disasters, mostly cyclones and floods, triggered most internal displacements, or movements, in 2021.

Opinion: Earthquakes are a boon for Earth

Earthquakes are natural but huge losses of life and property during the incidence of an earthquake are anthropogenic