71 countries are negotiating a new biodiversity treaty. Here’s what you need to know.
(NOAA/NASA) In September 2018, under United Nations auspices, 71 countries
The key to Kenya’s close election: the power of partisanship
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Kenya votes amid a wave of violence. Here’s how that matters.
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Why the research into climate change in Africa is biased, and why it matters
[caption id="attachment_38201" align="aligncenter" width="4868"] Africa, from space. (NASA)[/caption] Scholars have
U.S.-Russia relations are at a real low. Here’s the diplomacy that is working.
[caption id="attachment_48936" align="aligncenter" width="960"] From left, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg,
The opposite of Brexit: African Union launches an all-Africa passport
[caption id="attachment_38201" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Africa, from space. (NASA)[/caption] On June
Want to know how rich your neighbor is? Take a look at a satellite image.
[caption id="attachment_41251" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A nighttime view of Europe in
How to understand the complicated history of ‘go back to Africa’
[caption id="attachment_38201" align="aligncenter" width="4868"] Africa, from space. (NASA)[/caption] The pejorative
Why is Africa so poor while Europe and North America are so wealthy?
A few years ago, two economics professors, Quamrul Ashraf and