Bermuda Triangle mystery: Underwater footage may have solved mysterious shipwreck
Feb 10, 2020 07:10 am UTC| Science
The Bermuda Triangle is popularly known for its unusual and disturbing occurrences, from strange disappearances to the supernatural. Now, scientists may have the answer to one of those disappearances with the use of...
Aliens: Scientists identify fast radio burst source from 500 million light-years away
Feb 10, 2020 07:10 am UTC| Science
For decades, many have long wondered about the presence of other life beyond the planet, and in other parts of the cosmos. Scientists have recently managed to identify the source of the first fast radio burst, and it is...
New clues in the search for the oldest galaxies in the universe
Feb 09, 2020 23:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
A galaxy cluster can be likened to a great city of galaxies, a galactic conurbation where each galaxy represents an individual, twinkling structure. Just as an archaeologist might seek evidence of the oldest cities on...
Brain cells long thought of as passive play key role in memory – study in mice
Feb 07, 2020 05:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Microglia are resident immune cells in your brain that act as first responders, always on the lookout for trouble. Accounting for about 10% of our brain cells, they were historically thought of as passive bystanders in the...
Archaeologists find 10,000-year old body potentially redefining how humans arrived in America
Feb 07, 2020 05:16 am UTC| Science
Even with books and artifacts that already give a clear picture of the past, there is still a lot more to learn about how life was like thousands of years ago. A group of archaeologists made a breakthrough upon finding the...
Asteroids: NASA catches 1-kilometer wide asteroid approaching Earth
Feb 07, 2020 05:16 am UTC| Science
There have been many asteroids flying by and approaching Earth, but NASA has recently spotted one particular asteroid that would be coming in for an approach. The agency caught one particular rock that can wield...
Bill Nye's Apollo 11 theory laid claims that NASA faked the moon landing to rest
Feb 06, 2020 09:11 am UTC| Science
Over the years, many people have been skeptical regarding the iconic Apollo 11 mission, which saw the first man on the moon. Joining the group of scientists who have debunked the claims that NASA faked the moon mission is...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects