Christine Ro

The administration of US President Donald Trump is hacking away at funding for research institutions — aiming, it says, to eliminate waste and bias in government-funded research. This is disrupting science in ways that are rippling well beyond laboratories and lecture halls.

In Sierra Leone, there was a time when “people were so happy to pay” local taxes.

Some people are allergic to others – but the mystery of how this works is only just starting to be unravelled.

In March, Omar, a biomedical researcher, posted a request in a private Facebook group for researchers.

only 5 out of 50 care policies now remain in place in Argentina

some scientists are looking toward cooling devices that don't need liquid refrigerants at all

Autism is better known and diagnosed than ever before, leading to misconceptions that cases are skyrocketing.

When Rose Mutiso was growing up in Nairobi in the 1990s, her family kept candles and paraffin lamps at the ready. Power outages were common.

Diplomats are, naturally enough, diplomatic. So the response at a recent energy security conference to U.S. energy policies was muted yet pointed.

It might seem that malnutrition is a problem only in poor countries. But “all countries face at least one form of malnutrition,” whether from undernutrition or unhealthy diets.

When Daniel Abiliba was growing up in northern Ghana, caring for animals was part of his daily life.

Not many wealthy people plead with their government to tax them more. One of this rare sort is Victoria Lupton.