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Show more The High Court in Kenya strikes down as unconstitutional a bill that President Kenyatta had put forward to expand the executive and parliament. We bring you an interview with the Kenyan activist who started the legal battle back in 2019; We bring you an interview with the Director of Mauritius Communication and Technology Authority, who is proposing new controversial regulations to tackle what the government defines as misuse of social media networks; We weigh Egypts d...

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News No Comments Dr. Mariya Khodakovskaya, professor of biology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named a fellow for the Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA). The ARA Academy of Scholars and Fellows is comprised of research scientists from Arkansas’ six major research institutions and the FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research. An ARA Fellow is a research leader recognized for his or her work currently at a partner university. Each ARA Fellow receives a $75,000 g...

Published May 2, 2021, 10:22 PM The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) mourned Sunday, May 2, the death of former Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) executive director Dr. Patricio S. Faylon. DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña extended his sympathies to the bereaved family of Faylon, who led the DOST-PCAARRD for 16 years. Faylon died at the age of 70. (DOST-PCAARRD Facebook Page) “We mourn the passing o...

Illustration by Sandbox Studio, Chicago with Steve Shanabruch Where science meets the sacred 04/20/21 By Brianna Barbu Sanford Underground Research Facility is making an effort to build bridges with Native American communities and operate with respect for the sacred land it is built on. The name of the Black Hills mountain range in western South Dakota is a translation of the name the Lakota (Sioux) gave the area: Paha Sapa, “hills that are black.” The description evokes the mountains’ d...

“I think it is a rotten idea,” Lambert, 46, says. “The NDIA should bugger off and leave people with disability with enough money to be able to live an ordinary life like everyone else in Australia.” Lambert, who took part in an independent assessments pilot scheme with her mother, Laurel, lives with cerebral palsy, an intellectual disability, a hearing impairment and epilepsy. The new mandatory but free assessments will begin in the middle of the year and will apply to new a...

Revolutionary map expanding statewide internet access 6 days ago UGA’s Vinson Institute leads the way for Georgians to get connected   Wide swaths of South Georgia lack access to high-speed internet service. But where are the most households lacking broadband access in the state? Fulton County. Thanks to a groundbreaking map — the first of its kind in the United States — community leaders and telecommunications companies in Georgia can now easily identify broadband dead zones down to a ...

Tue March 16, 2021 - Midwest Edition #6 Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent An overlook of the open cut, where rock will be deposited from the 4,850-ft. level excavation. (Sanford Underground Research Facility photo) International science came to the Black Hills of western South Dakota, because thats where the deep hole is. Over the last century, the hole — Ross Shaft — was sunk 5,000 ft. to give access to lateral tunnels from which gold was extracted from sedimentary rock to a dept...

Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña De la Pena confirmed that he bagged the two awards from the PFPA, a group of various resulted professional associations in the country, during the 8th PFPA Distinction and Excellence Awards.  “Maraming salamat po sa Philippine Federation of Professional Associations (PFPA) sa mga parangal na iginawad sa akin ngayong araw na ito, ang Professional Distinction Award at ang Professional Excellence Award (Tha...

Committee Reports House Education Committee The House Education Committee, chaired by Representative Matt Dubnik (R-Gainesville), met this morning to consider two bills and hear a presentation from State School Superintendent Richard Woods. HB 32, authored by Representative Dave Belton (R-Buckhead), amends O.C.G.A. 20-2-251 to require the State Board of Education to create a teacher recruitment and retention program by providing a refundable tax credit of $3,000 per qualifying teacher per year,...