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In late summer last year my doctor prescribed a monthlong course of antibiotics for an infection. Medicines like antibiotics are great at wiping out bacterial infections.

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How has service delivery failed in South Africa?

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Researchers have unveiled a surprising new way that soil microbes can use sunlight energy—even after the lights go out.

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Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa holds the richest variety, home to 52 species, while west Africa has 38 and east Africa 18. They form part of a global family of 2,600 palm species.

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An army travels on its stomach, and our food supply is also vital to the growth of civilization. If a group of people don’t need to spend as much time growing and producing food, it frees them up to focus on developing other skills.

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Low lying and layered with clay, the soils of Molescroft Farm in East Yorkshire have never been the easiest to cultivate.