Togo Elected to IAEA Board of Governors for 2025–2027

Highlights: Togo secures a seat on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board from 2025 to 2027. The move strengthens national ambitions in civil nuclear energy, health, and agriculture. Challenges remain over regulation, safety, and...

UN, Gates Foundation push for digital ID across 50 nations by 2028

(The Sociable) — The 50-in-5 campaign to accelerate digital ID, fast payment systems, and data exchanges in 50 countries by 2028 reaches a 30 country milestone. Launched in November 2023, the 50-in-5 campaign is a joint effort of the United...

Science Deseret News Odd, funny and quirky scientific discoveries honored at this award show

Have you ever wondered what type of pizza lizards would prefer, or if painting zebra stripes on cows would help deter flies? Well, at least a few scientists had these questions and other similiar queries, leading them to win an Ig Nobel prize for...

Science The Independent Science behind perfect pasta sauce, pizza-eating lizards, drunk bats win 2025 Ig Nobel prizes

Research into cooking the perfect pasta sauce, another probing the types of pizza lizards liked to eat, and a study wondering whether painting cows with stripes protected them from flies are among the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel prize, awarded...

Science behind perfect pasta sauce, pizza-eating lizards, drunk bats win 2025 Ig Nobel prizes

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Togolese-American Soldier learns skills to help home country

FORT HOOD, Texas — Kossivi Kokou kicks a soccer ball on a neatly mowed field in the thick Texas heat. Wearing a new green soccer jersey, he shoots at a steel-framed net, luxuries he once only dreamed of having as a child. He has earned a spot on...

Science The Guardian Teflon diet, garlic milk and zebra cows triumph at 2025 Ig Nobel prizes

For decades scientists, doctors and public health officials have battled to solve the obesity crisis. Now researchers have won an Ig Nobel prize for a radical new approach: slashing people’s calorie intake by feeding them Teflon. The left-field...

Togo Highlights Role of Intellectual Property in Driving Growth

Highlights Togo marked African Technology and Intellectual Property Day, joining other OAPI member states in celebrating innovation. Minister of Industry stressed IP as a driver of growth and industrial transformation, urging African nations to...

How technology can help nations navigate the difficult path to food sovereignty

Bamidele Adekunle, University of Guelph As the movement of people across the world creates more multicultural societies, can trade help communities maintain their identity? This is the question at the heart of a concept known as “food...

Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction

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Africa’s Military Alliances Struggling with Multitude of Security Challenges

Given the persistent complex nature of conflicts in Africa and within the context of local conditions, African leaders are feverishly in search for sustainable solutions. Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has suggested that dealing with...

Africa’s Clean Air Funding Collapses 91 Percent Amid Crisis

International funding for outdoor air quality initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa plummeted by 91 percent in 2023, dropping from $129 million to just $11.8 million, according to Clean Air Fund analysis that exposes a dangerous funding crisis even as...

IAEA General Conference 2025: Nuclear Science and Diplomacy in Uncertain Times

In her speech at the opening of the conference on September 15, Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger emphasized the central importance of the IAEA in a world marked by “fear of mistrust” and “hope in science.” She underscored the...

African leaders must not think of peace in the abstract – Faure Gnassingbe

Togo’s President of the Executive Council, Faure Gnassingbe, has asked African leaders not to think of peace as an abstract or idealistic aspiration but as a strategic project because the world is living in a time of great upheavals. Addressing...

From strategy to sovereignty: Crafting Africa's AI future

Artificial intelligence is no longer an abstract concept in Africa. From health diagnostics in Nairobi to smart farming tools in Accra, it is beginning to shape how Africans live and work. A recent study by the Carnegie Endowment for International...

West Africa’s trade monitoring system has collapsed - why this is dangerous for food security

A decade ago countries in West Africa set up a unique trade monitoring mechanism. Its purpose was to track intra-regional trade in agricultural products and livestock in the region. But the system was closed down in 2022 due to a lack of funding...

Ig Nobel Prize Celebrates Bizarre Research in Boston

Boston, MA — The 35th annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony took place at Boston University on September 18, 2025, highlighting quirky research designed to make people laugh and think. This year’s winners included a team of Japanese researchers who...

The Ig Nobel prize celebrates research that makes people 'laugh then think'

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Teflon Diets, Zebra Cows, and Pizza-Loving Lizards: The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes Celebrate Weird Science

The Ig Nobel Prizes are back and, as always, they prove that the intersection of humor and science can sometimes yield the most unexpected insights. Each year, the awards honor unusual research that might first make us laugh, but then leaves us...

2025 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Research on Tipsy Bats and Pasta Physics

September 19, 2025 4 min read Tipsy Bats and Perfect Pasta Win Ig Nobel Prizes for Weird Science Research Winners of the annual Ig Nobel awards include the science of tipsy bats and the physics of cacio e pepe By Chris Simms & Nature magazine...