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在云南大树脚村，村民对亚洲象的认知和态度是怎样的?

近年来，亚洲象的活动影响了云南大树脚村的村民。

首先，野象的到访为村民带来了经济损失。今年，大树脚村村民祁大哥家里种了20亩玉米，由于他的庄稼是第一批成熟的，所以也最先受到象群的“关照”。祁大哥指了指地上散落的玉米，无奈地说道：“那就是（大象取食后）剩下的玉米了，都在那了。”

Foot-and-mouth disease: the gaps in South Africa’s efforts to keep it under control

Melvyn Quan, University of Pretoria and Rebone Moerane, University of Pretoria In mid August, South Africa’s minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development Thoko Didiza responded to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease with a nationwide ban on the movement of cattle for 21 days. By late August, 127 cases of the disease had been recordedContinue reading “Foot-and-mouth disease: the gaps in South Africa’s efforts to keep it under control”

Climate change will cause more African children to die from hot weather

Cathryn Birch, University of Leeds; John Marsham, University of Leeds, and Sarah Chapman, University of Leeds Climate change has already increased global temperatures, greatly increasing extremes. This will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to “net-zero”. The 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement requires emissions reductions of around 50% in the next 10 years.Continue reading “Climate change will cause more African children to die from hot weather”

来自大山的呼唤——凉山异地搬迁社区如何针对性帮扶不同群体

“妈妈晚上2点才回来，早上6点就去上班了。我已经习惯自己一个人做饭了。”来自凉山昭觉县的8岁女孩背着弟弟习以为常地说到。

一直以来，贫苦是凉山彝族自治州给外界留下的最深印象之一。四川凉山彝族自治州是全国最大的彝族聚居区，直到脱贫攻坚战打响前夕，凉山仍是深度贫困地区之一。脱贫攻坚初期，四川最穷的10个县，凉山包含了8个；全州17个县市， 11个均为国家扶贫开发重点县。

Tanzanian TB patients have a lower quality of life than people who haven’t had the disease

Olena Ivanova, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Andrea Rachow, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Denise Evans, University of the Witwatersrand, and Tembeka Sineke, University of the Witwatersrand Numerous researchers have documented the quality of life and mental health of specific population groups. Examples include people living with HIV, the elderly, students, men who have sexContinue reading “Tanzanian TB patients have a lower quality of life than people who haven’t had the disease”

Women have always trailed men in research output: how COVID made the situation worse

Cyrill Walters, Stellenbosch University; Armand Bam, Stellenbosch University, and Patrizio Piraino, University of Notre Dame The under-representation of women in research is well documented. Emerging evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this inequality and disrupted the research enterprise globally. But none of these studies, mainly from the global north, provide detailed explanations forContinue reading “Women have always trailed men in research output: how COVID made the situation worse”

Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here’s how

Noam Angrist, University of Oxford The COVID-19 pandemic placed enormous pressure on education systems worldwide. At the peak of the crisis, school closures forced over 1.6 billion learners out of classrooms. This exacerbated a learning crisis that existed before the pandemic, with many children in school but learning very little. Widespread school closures are notContinue reading “Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here’s how”