New undersea cables will massively increase bandwidth to the continent
After years of data processing at the Wits laboratory, one evolutionary scientist has constructed a 3D model of a baby Massospondylus
New tech is poised to help vaccines last longer and reach many more people with far less fuss
Mammoths and sabre-tooth cats once roamed the continent, but were our ancient ancestors responsible for their disappearance?
After stumbling on mention of tracks in a dissertation from the 1960s, scientists are shedding new light on the dinosaurs that hotfooted it through SA’s prehistoric past
Scientists have the technology (and apparently the inclination) to make fungus better, stronger, faster
Scientists are remapping the stories of ancient civilisations by shooting them with lasers
Super-strains of bacteria need a new nemesis, and scientists reckon they’ve found one
Sluggish snails prevailed, but Homo erectus may have died out because, honestly, why bother?
They promise the earth and never deliver, but sometimes the world’s leaders give us the sun, the moon and the stars