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How the humble fruit fly assists in understanding human disease

16 February 2026

How the humble fruit fly assists in understanding human disease

Critical Raw Materials and Technological Transitions — Global politics, risks and geographical inequality

13 February 2026

Critical Raw Materials and Technological Transitions — Global politics, risks and geographical inequality

Igniting conversations to nurture equitable collaboration and co-creation

12 February 2026

Igniting conversations to nurture equitable collaboration and co-creation

Studying the emergence of tone systems in the Gulf of Guinea creoles

3 February 2026

Studying the emergence of tone systems in the Gulf of Guinea creoles

Extractivism’s gendered burdens — Women, exploitation, and exclusion at sites of extraction

26 January 2026

Extractivism’s gendered burdens — Women, exploitation, and exclusion at sites of extraction

Reimagining chemistry

11 December 2025

Reimagining chemistry

The Last of the Innocents — A conversation and reading

11 December 2025

The Last of the Innocents — A conversation and reading

Aiming for personalised prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus for African and European populations

11 December 2025

Aiming for personalised prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus for African and European populations

Clearer and brighter images for the future — Toward clinical applications in high-spatial-resolution laboratory X-ray imaging

10 December 2025

Clearer and brighter images for the future — Toward clinical applications in high-spatial-resolution laboratory X-ray imaging

Historical feeling — affective knowledge as historical knowledge in history education

8 December 2025

Historical feeling — affective knowledge as historical knowledge in history education

How to fix a lift: The political intimacies of elevators in 20th century Johannesburg

28 November 2025

How to fix a lift: The political intimacies of elevators in 20th century Johannesburg

Remembering Zoë Wicomb (23 November 1948 – 13 October 2025)

24 November 2025

Remembering Zoë Wicomb (23 November 1948 – 13 October 2025)

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