Thousands of unidentified bodies pass through South Africa’s mortuaries every year. Who are they? How did they end up there?
‘We should not succumb to the temptations of a post-truth society. Evidence, facts, must remain the yardsticks for progress’
Science Forum South Africa
A small group of experts constantly monitors the workings of the system and stays abreast of new developments.
The still infant telescope, which will be a major part of the Square Kilometre Array, is proving to be much more effective than anticipated.
The new app – known as Abalobi – signals a lifeline for fisherfolk who were marginalised and never had legal rights to fish marine resources.
The MeerLicht telescope will scour the skies to study transient celestial events. But its link to the MeerKAT radio telescope is what sets it apart.
Ordinary South Africans are helping monitor water resources amid worsening shortages under citizen and school programmes.
Because pig flesh is similar to that of humans, how their corpses decay on land and in the sea can help forensic pathologists.
Editing embryos may end up saving lives, but what does it mean for the human gene pool?