Critics say that plans for the department of mineral resources to monitor the impact of shale gas operations has put it at odds with its own mandate.
Scientists make a living and working organ from cells reprogrammed outside the body.
The Australopithecus does not have tell-tale human-like cranial features, according to new findings, but could still have been part of our evolution.
M&G science editor Sarah Wild tells us why we need well-informed science writing to raise the tenor of our debates.
The countdown for a one-way trip to the Red Planet has begun and several South Africans want to go.
The Accelerator Mass Spectrometry laboratory, a first for the continent, "places South Africa among the world leaders in accelerator-based research".
Scientists say the new discovery "is just scratching the surface of a long list of discoveries that will be made possible with the SKA".
The world of science is filled with interesting, quirky and downright strange discoveries. Science editor Sarah Wild chooses some of this week’s best.
A newly discovered "mega-Earth" shouldn’t even exist, yet its features suggest it could sustain life.
Adept Airmotive says it is being stripped for parts by the same state agency that left it high and dry.
Local scientists are developing an alternative to beach nets to protect bathers and marine life alike, writes Sarah Wild.
Plants refuse to grow in Namibia’s fairy circles, and scientists are on a mission to find out why. No theory has been proven yet.
Here is a tried and tested primer, call it a bullshit detector, for reading science journalism online (or in print, for that matter).
Protests have brought activists to the centre of politics again, but these aren’t the only voices heard. We look at the state of activism in SA today.
Researchers say they have found a virus in the bodies of dead zebras that holds the key to treating those infected with anthrax.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with SA institutions to develop new medicines and vaccines for HIV, TB and malaria.
Trained or not, humans are still better than the best machines at processing complex data.
South Africans have been forgotten in government’s quest to give the world a memorial for Nelson Mandela that was meant to impress internationals.
South Africa is now one step closer to having locally manufactured antiretroviral, malaria and tuberculosis drugs on its shelves.
Less than a month since excavation began at the Cradle of Humankind after a "spectacular" fossil find, scientists have found more than 1 000 fossils.
A sample of the seized yellow cake has been sent to Necsa to determine its chemical composition and where it came from.
Six international scientists, with chest measurements of no more than 18cm, will race against time to retrieve Gauteng’s "vulnerably exposed" fossils.
World-renowned archaeologist Professor Lee Berger has specifically recruited a group of small-chested scientists to help with his latest project.
The Square Kilometre Array Organisation has announced the consortia that will be designing the giant telescope.
The University of KwaZulu-Natal wants to introduce undergraduate courses in isiZulu but students are concerned technical words don’t translate well.
New research shows that swine flu could provide insight into developing a vaccine.
The two SA winners of the 2013 L’Oréal-Unesco regional fellowship have said they would use the prize money to compete internationally.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research scientist Sandile Ngcobo has won international renown with his breakthrough in laser technology.
The Agang leader has denied benefiting from a cattle project led by a technology agency she chaired.
Companies and governments are scrambling to track your digital footprint – if only you’d let them, writes Sarah Wild.
Real-time data and early warning capability is invaluable to Eskom and forestry plantations, writes Sarah Wild.
Scientists are still trying to figure out how they’re going to cope with the deluge of information.