Nov 05, 2023 21:10 pm UTC| Science
Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre religious healing rituals as easily as the notion of Dark Age medicine. The Saturday Night Live sketch Medieval Barber Theodoric of York says it all with its...
Nov 05, 2023 20:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we think about health and revealed significant flaws within our health care systems. It has also raised questions about the role of technology, as well as ethical concerns about...
Nov 02, 2023 13:32 pm UTC| Science
The world is infatuated with artificial intelligence (AI), and for good reason. AI systems can process vast quantities of data in a seemingly superhuman way. However, current AI systems rely on computers running complex...
Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements
Oct 30, 2023 10:54 am UTC| Science
For centuries, the quest for new elements was a driving force in many scientific disciplines. Understanding an atoms structure and the development of nuclear science allowed scientists to accomplish the old goal of...
Oct 27, 2023 15:04 pm UTC| Science
Our Sun is a steady and everlasting companion. Reliable like a clock, its apparent passage across the sky allows us to measure time. The Sun and its path is also the source of Earths seasons. But in many respects, our Sun...
Physics has long failed to explain life – but we're testing a groundbreaking new theory in the lab
Oct 25, 2023 05:34 am UTC| Science
Modern physics can explain everything from the spin of the tiniest particle to the behaviour of entire galaxy clusters. But it cant explain life. Theres simply no formula to explain the difference between a living lump of...
Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa
Oct 24, 2023 09:30 am UTC| Science
There have been several important breakthroughs in medical science recently. Crispr, mRNA, next-generation cancer treatments and game-changing vaccines are some of them. Oyewale Tomori, a virologist with decades-long...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects