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SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Jun 16, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

BBC News -- A US government aid agency has formed an alliance with a group headed by former UN chief Kofi Annan to try to boost African agriculture. Mr Annan has called for a "green revolution" to solve the food crisis. The new partnership aims to invest in Afr.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 6:14pm neoform

BBC News -- Exclusively breastfeeding until a baby is six-months old can significantly reduce the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission, an African study says. The South African researchers compared solely breastfed babies with those also given formula or solid.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Oct 18, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Scientists and global health campaigners have welcomed the early results of a malaria vaccine trial in African infants. Tests showed the vaccine gave a high level of protection, and was safe The results, published online by the Lancet, appear to bri.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Oct 18, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- The waste from shellfish dinners discarded in a South African cave is said to be the earliest evidence of humans living and thriving by the sea. The material was found by scientists working in a sandstone opening at Pinnacle Point on the Cape. Resea.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Nov 23, 2006 @ 9:21am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- The Brookfield Zoo announced this week the birth of a baby okapi — an endangered African animal that looks as if it were put together by committee... Read More