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Green planet - Courtesy of Gas2.org

Seeking sustainability

If Rio+20 proposes an intergovernmental science panel, what form should it take?
Men with a solar panel in Tanzania - Flickr/PRI's The World

Electrifying Africa

An African solar research network is aiming high
Sudanese university students by Flickr/ Utenriksdept

Mass education

South Sudan's prosperity depends on more public universities teaching S&T, argues John A. Akec
King Saud University by Wikipedia/abrnkak

Saudi rankings row

Saudi Arabia's two leading universities have received a total US$3 billion, reigniting a debate about university rankings
Protest on Tahrir square - Flickr/Floris Van Cauwelaert

Seize the day

Optimism and enthusiasm yes, but Egypt needs concrete steps to set science on the right track
Kenyan farmer selling vegetables by Flickr/ Biodiversity International

Tech community power

'Open innovation' can stimulate the development of new technologies in any community, says iHub's Linda Kamau
Princess Sumaya by El Hassan Science City

After the Arab Spring

Q&A with Jordan's Princess Sumaya on where the opportunities lie for Arab science after the wave of uprisings
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Neighbourly research

African scientists need to rely less on their ties with researchers in developed countries, says Linda Nordling
Engineers - Flickr/Engineering at Cambridge

Forgotten engineers

The role of engineering in shaping sustainable development is being forgotten, say engineers
Schoolchildren reading

Language for science

Children learn maths and science best when taught in their own language, not English, writes Giovanni Tapang
Processing biofortied cassava in Colombia by Flickr/CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture/Neil Palmer

More money, more problems?

Colombian scientists are divided over mining royalties going to areas with little research infrastructure
Rescue workers in Vietnam by Flickr/ IFRC

Aiming for the stars

Vietnam has bold space plans, including development of a satellite in collaboration with Japan, and space research with NASA
Biogas facility in Meru, Kenya by Flickr/Sustainable_Sanitation

Rio+20: Is science getting a say?

There's quite a bit about science in the first draft of the Rio+20 negotiations
Carel IJsselmuiden by COHRED

Beyond Aid

Focussing on what countries are doing right — rather than what they've got wrong
Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa partners in the field by Flickr/CIMMYT

'Greening' science

Rio+20 is just the place to start a 'sustainability revolution' by supporting a new science cooperation mechanism, say Gisbert Glaser and Alice Abreu