DTE Coverage: Kenya and East Africa Floods 2024
A dam in the village of Kamuchiri in southern Kenya burst on April 29, killing 45 people
A psychedelic high
Driven by surge in global trials and low success rate of current medications in treating mental health problems, researchers call for home-grown …
The pill that’s roiling US drug regulation
The hard right is challenging FDA’s authority to regulate drugs with its lawsuit to ban America’s most used abortion pill
Combating forest fires in focus on Day 1 of UN forum; India shares revised National Forest Policy
About 100 million hectares of forest or 3% of world’s total forest area affected by fires each year
What could the future antibiotic pipeline look like: IFPMA releases its latest report
Without new incentives and antibiotics, burden of resistant infections in high-income countries expected to increase by about 35% over next 10 years
African presidents endorse ‘Nairobi Declaration on fertiliser and soil health’ at special summit in Kenya
The leaders acknowledged that the recent global fertiliser crisis has disproportionately affected Africa
West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes
Customised prèt-a-porter production is a proactive way of addressing unsustainable fashion practices
Mapping malaria in Africa: Climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future
By 2100, a general decrease in malaria suitability is projected across the majority of Africa
Global life expectancy rebounds after COVID-19 dip, could go up by 5 years by 2050
Life expectancy projected to rise by 0.16 years per year 2022-2050 — notably lower than 0.27-year increase seen 1990-2019
Adopt ‘traditional knowledge’ indicators for monitoring global biodiversity framework: Amnesty International
Existing indicators overlook Indigenous rights, fail to recognise these communuities’ essential role in conserving biodiversity
Earth Day 2024 is rightly themed to indicate conflict between our blue planet & the plastic waste monster we have created
Plastic turns into a problem as soon as its disposal is improper and it enters a highly dynamic environment such as the sea
Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains
Rising temperatures in northern Ghana influence the incidence and spread of cerebrospinal meningitis
Minimum wage for South African farm workers: 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor
Low minimum wage compliance was observed among the lowest paid workers — employers did not comply with the new minimum wage
AI has learned how to deceive and manipulate humans. Here’s why it’s time to be concerned
MIT research finds AI systems can strategically withhold information, lie to trick humans into certain actions and even bypass safety tests
Metabolic footprints of cancer cells may help in early diagnosis, shows study
Isotopic markers of cancer cells may make the disease detectable through blood tests, reseachers claim
Why so many animals have a third eyelid, including our pets — yet humans don’t
Humans and most primates have evolved to the point where a proper third eyelid is no longer needed
‘Land squeeze’: New pressures emerging from carbon and biodiversity offset projects
In India, the top 10% own 45% of farmland
A Bangladesh village briefly touched by Tagore’s philosophy of sustainable development remembers the polymath fondly
Tagore's vision of nature-based and people-centric holistic rural development took shape in Patisar
Binge-watching with a side of emissions: Study finds digital habits contribute to climate change
Digital content consumption accounts for 3-4% of a person's annual greenhouse gas emissions
Road to COP16: Convention on Biological Diversity’s scientific body ends meet with recommendations on key issues
Seven technical topics discussed at meeting; experts continue discussions on implementation
Exploitation, brutality and misery: How the opium trade shaped the modern world
The opium trade that impoverished and crippled India also financed and helped forge the modern state
Digitally immortalising departed loved ones comes with ethical concerns: Study calls for cautious design of AI ‘deadbots’
Can be used as a puppet for advertising, cause psychological distress; paper calls for adoption of safety standards
UNFF: Countries adopt declaration on forest protection, emphasise on adopting technology for monitoring
The resolution paves the path for strengthening the International Arrangement on Forests, says UNFF19 Chair
Water scarcity threatening shared prosperity; worsened by population growth, urbanisation & climate change: World Bank
New report released at 10th World Water Forum underlines role of water in prosperity
Australia is set to ban live sheep exports. What will this mean for the industry?
Australia is not the first country to implement a live export ban