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UNAIDS Launches Educational 360-Degree Series Ahead Of World AIDS Day

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South Africa alone currently has 7.2 The data coming back from the study we have commissioned are very positive,” says case study researcher and Makhulu Media co-producer Sydelle Willow Smith. The program is currently being implemented in schools, clinics, and communities all across South Africa.

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EON Leading the way: The Spatial AI Center’s Initial Batch of 1,000 Tailor-Made Courses Unveiled

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Next Steps and Case Studies: Expanding the Horizon : Following the success of the initial phase, the plan includes extending the offering to an additional 9,000 tailored lessons, based on demand and feedback.

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Where Remote Learning is Falling Short – And How AR/VR Can Help

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Studies have shown that students stop paying attention to recorded lectures, and similar videos after just 6 minutes when viewed on a screen, rendering it an ineffective tool in the long term. However, universities are beginning to reconsider the long-term viability of such arrangements for various reasons.

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Experimental Nasal Spray Could Provide Temporary Protection Against Covid-19

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In a recent preliminary study of cells in a petri dish as well as mice, the nasal spray appeared to block the virus from infecting… Read more. Researchers in Finland say they’ve created a novel nasal spray treatment that can provide brief but effective protection from the coronavirus and its many variants, including Omicron.

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The 2020 Sundance Film Festival Is Absolutely Stacked With Experimental Immersive Media

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When Masello and Evan, two homeless black artist/activists, break into an abandoned mansion in an affluent part of Johannesburg, they proclaim their occupation to be an artistic and political act in defiance of inequalities in land ownership in South Africa. A study in how microscopic changes can go unnoticed, but amass over time.

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There’s No Reason to Freak Out About the Latest Pfizer Vaccine Study

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Over the weekend, a new study involving the Pfizer/BioNTech covid-19 vaccine set off a wave of alarming—and at times misleading—headlines. The study, based on real-world data from Israel, found that the vaccine wasn’t as effective against B.1351, 1351, the variant first found in South Africa, as it was against other… Read more.

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How scientists find the big asteroids that can threaten Earth

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Credit: NASA / Center for Near Earth Object Studies. The ATLAS telescopes — two in Hawaii, one in Chile, and one in South Africa — can scan the entire sky each night. "We would benefit from having better instrumentation, and larger telescopes," he said. Inside the dome of an ATLAS telescope.

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