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African languages have the power to transform universities

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageXhosa women celebrate in Qunu in the Eastern Cape. It is time for African languages and cultures to dominate at the continent's universities.Antony Kaminju/Reuters

A history lecturer teaching a class about the history of the Xhosa people in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province stops speaking English for a few minutes. She switches to...

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Cool cubes are changing the way we play in space

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageTshepisoSAT, Africa’s first nano-satellite developed by students and staff at the Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyCPUT

A tiny cube, slightly smaller than a loaf of bread, is the new manna to heaven, as the number of nano-satellites being hurled into orbit is increasing substantially.

Nano-satellites are small satellites weighing between...

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Competition the wrong test for iron ore inquiry

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imagePrime Minister Tony Abbott says an inquiry into iron ore competition "could make sense".Alan Porritt/AAP

Fortescue Metals Group Chairman Andrew Forrest has stepped up his campaign against competitors Rio and BHP, after gathering the support of independent Senator Nick Xenophon who is pushing for an inquiry into competition in the iron ore sector.

For...

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  2. A great big new forest park won't save Leadbeater's possum
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  5. The $100 billion question: can Australia afford our retirement bill as the 'grey vote' booms?
  6. A song to unite? The gender politics of Eurovision still divide
  7. Power and peace: how nations can go nuclear without weapons
  8. Nuclear fusion, the clean power that will take decades to master
  9. Life in a windowless box: the vertical slums of Melbourne
  10. Labor's plans for science, technology, maths education well-meaning but misguided
  11. Neutral teaching centre won't be so neutral once opened for tender
  12. Workers exposed to cancer-causing agents deserve compensation
  13. Science communication can be its own reward
  14. FactCheck: Are 95% of models linking human CO₂ emissions and global warming in error?
  15. Despite (selfie) appearances, digital has not changed the way we experience travel
  16. Sen Warren is right: fast-track could help roll back Dodd-Frank
  17. Polls show budget well received but mixed voting results
  18. Médecins sans employment
  19. Jim Murphy's belief he could survive the Jockalypse was always a delusion
  20. The Minnesota Orchestra goes to Cuba: What can musicians hope to achieve?
  21. The implications of the death sentence for the Boston Marathon bomber
  22. BB King was great because he played out of tune
  23. Too much too young? Chuka Umunna bows out of Labour leadership race
  24. Why Big Pharma is not addressing the failure of antidepressants
  25. Five reasons Scottish devolution plans are doomed to failure
  26. How one of the world's biggest investors might help you keep your job
  27. South east Asia’s migrant boat crisis is a global responsibility
  28. Why you should always shake hands with a robot
  29. Chuka Umunna leaves behind a weak line-up in Labour leadership race
  30. Innovative plan is welcome change from 30 fruitless years of antibiotic research
  31. There are film festivals – and then there is Cannes
  32. Positive train control could have prevented Amtrak derailment, but it's not quite on track
  33. Why the UK has a special responsibility to protect its share of refugees
  34. There are more Baltimores: America's legacy of hollowed-out cities
  35. Mental health momentum mustn't give way to political expediency
  36. Hollande’s 'moral' approach to slavery's legacy is nothing but symbolism
  37. Burundi teeters on the brink of civil war following coup attempt
  38. UKIP in crisis: why the party falls apart after every triumph
  39. Sorry #takeuswithyouScotland, north England is staying put
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  41. What is the 'warm blob' in the Pacific and what can it tell us about our future climate?
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