On proposed completion in 2030, the Great Green Wall is expected to be the largest living structure on the planet, three times the size of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Qosim Suleiman, Abdullah Tijani, Amma Moussa & Gaston Sawadogo Five years ago, Aliyu Garba, 45, was summoned to his village head’s palace to receive…
“You can’t fight what you can’t see. We need better diagnostics to stop C. auris from spreading.” Fungal pathogens are a major threat to public health as they are becoming more prevalent and resistant to treatment. These pathogens often lack rapid, sensitive, and widely accessible diagnostics, making effective treatment challenging, especially in resource-limited settings. Some…
President Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader have traded threats over US military involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.
Artificial intelligence has now made it possible to wake up to a video of your CEO seemingly admitting to fraud, or receiving an urgent audio message from your CFO authorising a large, unexpected transaction, without any of it being real. The Deepfake threat isn’t limited to criminal use cases targeting individuals or governments – they…
Raina MacIntyre is one of Australia’s most respected epidemiologists. She was a familiar face and calm voice during the COVID-19 pandemic. So when I was asked to review her new book Vaccine Nation I was delighted to accept. Review: Vaccine Nation: Science, Reason and the Threat to 200 Years of Progress – Raina MacIntyre (UNSW…
