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Science and Technology – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:26:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg Science and Technology – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 Critical Facts About Waterborne Diseases In The United States and Abroad, by John Hawthorne http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/critical-facts-waterborne-diseases-united-states-abroad-john-hawthorne Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:26:38 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11841 If you live in a developed country, and I assume many of you are if you’re reading this, waterborne diseases probably aren’t something you typically worry about. But did you know that poor water sanitation and a lack of safe drinking water take a greater human toll than war, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction …

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]]> Beyond the Information Age: What Next? http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/information-age-next http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/information-age-next#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:32:14 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11071 The world has experienced a series of Revolutions. The 21st century is highly characterised with information explosion like never before in human history. Today, with just a click on a mouse, interested individual can access scores of information on virtually any issue of concern in life. Gone are the days when few ‘elites’ reigns in …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/information-age-next/feed 3 A Step Closer to a Screening Test for Stuttering http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/step-closer-screening-test-stuttering Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:47:28 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11052 A screening test for children starting school that could accurately detect early signs of a persistent stutter is a step closer, experts say. The Wellcome Trust team says a specific speech test accurately predicts whose stutter will persist into their teens. About one in 20 develops a stutter before age five – but just one …

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]]> Goal-line technology Approved International Football Association Board http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/goal-line-technology-approvedinternational-football-association Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:30:10 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10842 Goal-line technology has been given the go-ahead by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) following a vote at Fifa headquarters in Zurich. Two systems – Hawk-Eye and GoalRef – have been approved after passing a series of scientific tests. They will first be used at December’s Club World Cup – which features Chelsea – and, …

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]]> Scientists Find More Than Ten Thousand Microbes in Humans http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/scientists-find-more-than-ten-thousand-microbes-in-humans Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:37:55 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10750 “When I get up from my chair, ten times more bacterial cells get up than human ones,” says Dr Bruce Birren. He is one of the hundreds of US scientists involved in the world’s most extensive map of the microbes that live in and on us. The Human Microbiome Project has catalogued the genetic identity …

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]]> Fight Against Malaria Compromised by Resistance Spread http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/fight-malaria-compromised-by-resistance-spread Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:19:03 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10608 Scientists have found new evidence that resistance to the front-line treatments for malaria is increasing. They have confirmed that resistant strains of the malaria parasite on the border between Thailand and Burma, 500 miles (800km) away from previous sites. Researchers say that the rise of resistance means the effort to eliminate malaria is “seriously compromised”. …

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]]> Climate Change: South Africa Could See Enormous Change http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/climate-change-south-africa-see-enormous-change Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:16:21 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10318 JOHANNESBURG — Imagine the savannas of South Africa’s flagship Kruger Park so choked with brush, viewing what game is left is nearly impossible. The Cape of Good Hope without penguins. The Karoo desert’s seasonal symphony of wildflowers silenced. Climate change could mean unthinkable loss for South Africa, which hosts talks on global warming that will …

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]]> Aids-related Deaths ‘Down 21% From Peak’, says UNAids http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/aids-related-deaths-down-21-peak-says-unaids Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:38:07 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10298 Aids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, figures from UNAids suggest. Globally, the number of new HIV infections in 2010 was 21% down on that peak, seen in 1997, according to UNAids 2011 report. The organisation says both falls have been fuelled by a major expansion in access to …

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]]> Western Black Rhino Of Africa Officially Extinct, Conservation Group Announces http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/western-black-rhino-of-africa-officially-extinct-conservation-group-announces Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:13:36 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10273 GENEVA — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a recent reassessment of the Western Black Rhino had led it to declare the species …

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]]> Hope for Malaria Vaccine After Blood Entry Route Discovered http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/hope-for-malaria-vaccine-blood-entry-route-discovered Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:24:57 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10263 By James Gallagher Health reporter, BBC News The route all strains of the most deadly malaria parasite use to enter red blood cells has been identified by researchers at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge. The scientists involved said the finding offered “great hope” for the development of a vaccine, which had the potential to be …

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