May Root of Science News Roundup
May 18, 2025•15 min
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Episode description
What happens when African scientists tackle our continent's most pressing challenges?
The May 2025 edition of our News Roundup, the first release under this segment, majorly focuses on innovation in health.
The first is an AI-powered, solar-powered device that diagnoses Malaria and dispenses medicine.
We also talk about Ghana's Yamachi Biotech and their creation of Africa's largest cancer genomic database.
Our conservation segment unveils a wildlife trafficking crisis, which involves pangolins.
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