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• China to double science communicators by 2020
  China hopes to increase its number of science communicators two-fold, focusing on rural areas in an attempt to close the knowledge gap.
  
  
• African Union science awards to change name
  The AU Scientific Awards will change its name in an effort to celebrate Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah and boost the prizes' profile.
  
  
• Brazilian newspapers bring science to their front pages
  The presence of S&T news on the front page of three Brazilian newspapers refutes the idea that the subject does not interest the press, says a study.
  
  
• African Union 'would consider taking on UNESCO-Obiang science prize'
  The African Union would accept an application to consider taking on the controversial life sciences award, but a clear plan has yet to emerge.
  
  
• Science education in Haiti 'must be reinvented'
  Haiti should reinvent its education system to gear it towards science, experts have said, at a science policy meeting in Puerto Rico.
  
  
• SciDev.Net now on Twitter and Facebook
  We have joined Twitter and Facebook to build our science for development platform but we need your help to make the most of social media.
  
  
• GM report adds twist to Peruvian defamation case
  An unpublished report appears to back a scientist convicted of defamation after criticising a colleague's research on GM maize.
  
  
• India's science output growing fast, confirms report
  India is still a long way from contributing a major share of global research, but its output has been growing rapidly, says a study.
  
  
• Bringing agriculture and health back together
  Agriculture and health experts must work together to tackle disease, poverty and malnutrition, says development expert Jeff Waage.
  
  
• Southern Africa failing to innovate, says study
  A review of southern Africa's scientific output finds the region contributes less than one per cent of the world's publications.
  
  
• Scientific 'code of conduct' must foster openness
  Ensuring science is conducted with integrity requires a supportive culture, not draconian rules and sanctions.
  
  
• Social networks can warn of disease after disasters
  Social networks quickly gather data on possible disease outbreaks after natural disasters, writes biosurveillance expert James Wilson.
  
  
• How to run a successful science outreach event
  Advice for science educators on how to design and run an engaging science outreach event.
  
  
• Global network needed to monitor world's agriculture
  A team of agriculture and environment experts, led by Jeffrey Sachs, call for a global network to monitor the world's farming systems.
  
  
• Conference agrees global science ethics code
  Global guidelines on scientific integrity are in the pipeline following fears that fraud is growing.
  
  
• Africa Analysis: skills needed to draw on climate cash
  Africa has woken up to the promise of 'climate cash' — but the skills needed to secure it remain thin on the ground, writes Linda Nordling.
  
  
• Science, communication, aid and diplomacy
  Helping developing countries communicate and use science is essential to international aid and diplomacy.
  
  
• Scientists must re-engage with AIDS conference
  Scientists must re-engage with the International AIDS Conference to find a needs-based research agenda say Jessica Justman and Wafaa M. El-Sadr.
  
  
• Global open access slowly growing, study finds
  Around a fifth of global science papers are now freely available online, a study finds, with Latin America and India leading the pack.
  
  
• Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 17–30 June 2010
  Uganda calls for biotech laws, Africa to get access to archived research articles, new rapid test for meningitis, and more.