Tim McDonnell
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To pack a healthier punch into staple foods like flour, researchers borrowed technology from the pharmaceutical industry.
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Knowing where rates of prevalence are highest — and lowest — can lead to new strategies for treatment and prevention. The map focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, the epicenter of the epidemic.
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Over 100,000 people in the continent die each year from foodborne illnesses. A new report looks at the reasons the toll is so high.
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Deadly clashes in the country's Middle Belt have skyrocketed — and a new Amnesty International report says the government is exacerbating the crisis.
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An exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art finds political power in dizzying patterns from the Kuba Kingdom — located in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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They're known as 'climate refugees.' But there's not even an international definition for them, let alone recognition or protection.
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A new survey of baobab trees in Africa finds that many of the oldest have died or significantly deteriorated in the last decade. Scientists say climate change and human intervention could be culprits.
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Leaders in developing countries were asked to rank the U.N.'s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. One particular goal was typically at the bottom of their priority list.
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Action movies are as popular here as anywhere else. But this one has a special resonance.
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The tubers are essential to the country's economy and culture, but their quality keeps declining. Now, researchers have found a way to mass produce good seed yams — and it could save the industry.