Future temperature rises will depend how the climate system responds, even with deep and fast emissions cuts. Debbie Rosen explores possible outcomes and what they could mean for mitigation and adaptation plans.
07.12.2021
Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist for the World Health Organization, discusses the impact COVID-19 has had on increasing levels of violence against women and girls.
06.12.2021
Prof. Salim Abdool Karim, leader of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, describes in this podcast with the Lancet, the discovery of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant, explains what we know about it so far, and discusses how South Africa feels about the global response.
03.12.2021
Dealing with complex systemic risks means getting used to uncertainty - and innovative approaches to explaining and acting on that uncertainty can have a useful role to play in informing decision-making.
03.12.2021
Global conflict displaces millions of people, among which are some of the brightest academic minds. If they are unable to continue their work, we risk losing their knowledge forever.
01.12.2021
A new publication developed with input from the International Science Council aims to build capacity and common understanding on co-design for a transformation in ocean management.
30.11.2021
With its rolling hills and traditional thatched adobe houses, Vhembe District may look picture perfect. Yet, many people who call this part of Limpopo, South Africa home, live with the deadly threat of malaria.
30.11.2021
It is hard to imagine the extent that medical physics and engineering have shaped and improved modern healthcare over the last 50 years. Technologies such as X-rays, MRI scans, ultrasound and particle accelerators used in cancer treatment, are all contributions from brilliant medical physicists and engineers and have become vital in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
26.11.2021
What are universities doing to reduce their carbon footprint? David Werner explores how universities can lead the way for other land-holding institutions on working towards net-zero.
26.11.2021
Most people don’t even realize they are discriminating against women, according to Ghana’s Priscilla Kolibea Mante, a leading neuropharmacologist who is on the search for plant-based treatments for epilepsy, anxiety, pain and depression.
25.11.2021
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