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Sustainable planter helps trees and plants survive in arid environments
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A product developed by Dutch startup Land Life Company increases seedling survival rates up to 95 per cent.
16 Apr 18
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Japanese art of paper cutting inspires the next generation of bandages
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These MIT engineers believe a simple method of pattern-cutting holds great benefits in store for wound healing plasters and wearable tech.
16 Apr 18
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The Araba Belle androgynous capes are inspired by Ghana’s coast
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Accra-based fashion brand DoNeal was inspired by the people and landscape of Ghana's Cape Coast.
15 Apr 18
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The world’s first design museum built inside a Mumbai slum
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The artists also aim to question the word “slum” because of the ways in which it ignores the complexity and dynamism of a community.
14 Apr 18
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Can you redevelop a big city like Lagos without displacing the poor?
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Urban planner Lookman Oshodi seems to think it is possible.
13 Apr 18
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Scientists are working on a pill that mimics the effects of exercise
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Scientists are a step closer to developing exercise in a pill to help the chronically lazy, elderly, and those medically unable to exercise.
13 Apr 18
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MaXhosa launches rug collection and appoints new creative director
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Changes are afoot for the acclaimed South African fashion brand.
13 Apr 18
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"We already live in a dystopian world" – Fabrice Monteiro
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Senegalese photographer Fabrice Monteiro believes we are already living in a dystopian world, on an earth that humans have made sick.
12 Apr 18
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These surreal portraits explore ideas of culture, family, tradition, and gender
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Art & Photography
Ndidi Emefiele’s art addresses societal expectations of women in Nigeria.
12 Apr 18
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Six creative crowdfunding projects worth supporting this April
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From a wordless graphic novel to a project to turn an olive farm into a retreat for creatives and even a project turning plastic into homeware.
12 Apr 18
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