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South Africa’s power utility Eskom wants to cut electricity to municipalities that haven’t paid: households may pay the price

South Africa’s state-owned electricity provider, Eskom, announced in early March 2026 that it would cut off the power to 14 municipalities that collectively owe it more than R110 billion (US$6.5 billion). Energy economist Roula Inglesi-Lotz describes the growing crisis in South Africa’s power system, where many municipalities can’t pay their…

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Makemation: a Nollywood movie that shows AI in action in Africa

A new feature film, Makemation, is an African coming-of-age story set in a time of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Ice Shock is a novel about passionate love in a time of climate crisis

South-African born writer and world literature scholar Elleke Boehmer’s sixth novel, Ice Shock, is a breathtaking story about two lovers who, soon after they meet, find themselves separated to pursue different career choices in different parts of the world.

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Why is the US going back round the Moon with Artemis II? A space policy expert explains

Final preparations are underway for NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission around the Moon for more than 50 years. Four astronauts, three men and one woman, will spend 10 days aboard the Orion spacecraft, going further into space than any other humans as they orbit the Moon and…

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World Water Day: Three steps towards gender equity in water governance

Every March, the United Nations marks World Water Day to raise awareness about water scarcity and inequality. This year’s theme — water and gender — focuses on how women and girls often face the brunt of water inequities.

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The real truth about stories: Book recommendations from the Indigenous Literatures Lab

The recent news that Canadian writer Thomas King does not have Indigenous ancestry has prompted necessary conversations across literary communities about the need to vet accurate representations.

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The Swedish concept of ‘döstädning’ or death cleaning is about more than just getting rid of things

The Swedish painter Margareta Magnusson died on March 12 aged 92. She became famous in 2017 for coining the smart and humorous concept of döstädning in a book known in English as The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. The book was rapidly translated into an impressive number of languages,…

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The television will not be revolutionised: HBO Max’s UK launch shows how streaming now resembles the TV it replaced

The Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service HBO Max has launched in the UK. If you’re trying to work out the best way to access its content, you are faced with a choice that surely shouldn’t be this complicated.

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BBC gets a new director general: how others have fared in the hardest job in UK media

Matt Brittin has been named the new director general of the BBC. He joins the broadcaster after almost two decades working at Google: he was its president in Europe, the Middle East and Africa before leaving in 2024. He is already on the board of the Guardian Media Group.

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God on their side: how the US, Israel and Iran are all using religion to garner support

America’s secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, sports an array of tattoos with Christian messaging, including one which reads “Deus Vult”, God wills it, and is associated with the medieval crusades. So perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that, while leading a Christian service at the Pentagon on March 25,…

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Waste being used to tackle erosion poses a health risk – an anthropologist explains the dilemma

I was standing with a waste management supervisor – let’s call him David – at the back of a major fruit and vegetable market in Dar es Salaam, the biggest city in Tanzania. David and I watched as his team raked the market’s waste from a holding bay into the…

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The Sudanese revolution seven years on: undone but not defeated

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The raccoon raiding your garbage bin might just be solving a puzzle — for the fun of it

Ever woken up to find that a crafty raccoon has overturned your garbage bin and spread the discarded contents of your life across the street?

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Sovereignty over stereotypes: The data behind false Cherokee identity claims in Canada

From writers and academics to politicians and even convicted murderers, why are people who claim to be Cherokee so prominent in Canadian “pretendian” cases?

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The four types of dementia most people don’t know exist

What most people think of when they hear the word “dementia” is memory problems and forgetfulness. But what people often don’t know is that dementia can cause many different symptoms – affecting speech, behaviour, sleep, motor function and more.

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The natural birth movement empowers many women but pressure can also work the other way

Childbirth is often framed as a choice between two extremes: “natural” birth or medical intervention. The real challenge is making sure women can decide how they give birth, without pressure in either direction.

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Millions are protesting – but boycotts might be key to changing government policies

The organizers of the estimated 3,000 “No Kings” protests, rallies and other events planned for March 28, 2026, say they expect that the protests will be the largest such mass mobilization in U.S. history.

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More people are watching podcasts – how The Harry Hill Show could signal the backward-looking future of the medium

Television has become a very difficult concept to pin down. It’s no longer the box situated in the corner of a family living room. Mobile platforms, online streaming and different modes of delivery have diffused our understanding of television. The concept of a podcast has, so far, undergone much less…

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The long shadow of Paul Ehrlich’s ‘Population Bomb’ is evident in anti-immigration efforts today

Paul Ehrlich opened his 1968 book “The Population Bomb” with a scene recounting returning to his hotel through a crowded Delhi neighborhood on a stifling night in the mid-1960s. He described the physical sensation of overpopulation: people eating, washing, arguing, begging – “people, people, people, people.”

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NASA’s Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the Moon – a space policy expert describes the long road to launch

NASA is once again shooting for the Moon, for the first time since the 1970s. As soon as April 2026, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission, using the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket to send a crewed spacecraft, called Orion, into orbit. From there, the crew will circle…

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Why do basketball players miss shots they’ve made a thousand times before? Neuroscience has an answer

Every March Madness it happens. A player steps to the line, takes the shot and misses. And just like that, there goes your perfect bracket.

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College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them

Debates about generative AI in higher education have been informed by studies of completed student papers, or self-reported survey data. Research shows that artificial intelligence tools can support learning, but also has raised concerns, including students’ overreliance, cheating, and the potential degradation of critical thinking and engagement.

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Vagus nerve stimulation shows promise as a way to counter Alzheimer’s disease- and age-related memory loss

Most people think of Alzheimer’s disease as an illness of aging. But in fact, the brain changes that characterize it begin much earlier – sometime around the third decade of life.

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Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab gloves

It seems like every day a new study finds tiny plastic particles called microplastics where they should not be: in our bodies and our food, water and air.

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Supreme Court’s tariff decision still leaves a ‘mess’ for companies trying to grab refunds

U.S. companies stung by President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs had hoped for relief when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 in their favor. But settling on a remedy – namely, rebate checks from the government – may be an even bigger headache.

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