The exploration of an extraordinary shipwreck off Cape Town’s coast is forcing us to confront a shameful past.
Maintaining a zoo is not only a balancing act, it contributes importantly to the world we live in.
Researchers are using baobab trees to learn about climate conditions that prevailed thousands of years ago.
Government departments to fund research chairs, but science minister says more can be done to improve inter-departmental co-operation.
Gavin Evans, a former South African journalist, tackles the notion that intelligence is skin deep.
To debate on the basis of science-based evidence before making decisions is something we should aspire to in every field where it is possible.
Poor pass rates and stifling government policies and regulations have been undermining efforts to boost local innovation in technology.
Authors of influential journals are nearing retirement and the number of academics conducting research in South Africa has remained static.
Extremophiles that thrive in the desert’s heat could help in the search for extraterrestrial life forms.
A team of researchers has R12.5-million and two years to consider the effect of fracking for shale gas on the Karoo.