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23 August 2012

Taiwan: Corporate Lawsuit Threatens Academic Freedom

Dr. Ben-Jei Tsuang, an environmental engineer and professor, is the latest victim of a defamation lawsuit brought on by a big corporation, the Formosa Plastic Group, for his research. Dr....

18 August 2012

Madagascar: Neglecting Endemic Medicinal Plants at Its Own Peril

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

16 August 2012

The Nazi Past of the Father of Colombian Anthropology

Written by Julián Ortega Martínez · Quick Reads · Latin America

14 August 2012

Arab World: Curiosity Rover and Arab Scientific Decay

Written by Salah Almhamdi · Middle East & North Africa

Following rover Curiosity's successful landing on Mars, Arabs on Twitter lamented the miserable state of science in the Arab world: little scientific output and very few patents.

12 August 2012

Africa: Innovation, Education and Nature

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

9 August 2012

Puerto Rico: “Ateorizar” Takes Atheism Online

Written by César Santiago · Latin America

Finding an absence of online projects in Spanish about atheism, Puerto Rican blogger Manolo Matos started "Ateorizar." The podcast will be going to its third season next October, and the...

6 August 2012

Egypt: Celebrating Curiosity and the Man of Mars – Dr Essam Heggy

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptians watching Curiosity are celebrating the work and life of NASA researcher Dr Essam Mohamed Heggy, a planetary scientist who is a member of the science team involved in the...

2 August 2012

Pakistan: Engineer Claims to Invent Water-Fuelled Engine

Written by Salman Latif · South Asia

A Pakistani engineer claims that he can run a car on a water-fuelled engine. Pakistan is currently going through a severe power crisis, so the proud inventor Agha Waqar Ahmad...