Everything is in place for the Square Kilometre Array project, which will add to discussions about gravity and the Big Bang.
LSD may be classed as an illegal narcotic by the SAPS, but a recent study has shown its effects might be more helpful than harmful.
Mapping South Africa’s capacity for farming is getting easier thanks to Earth observation.
South Africa is training the continent’s budding skywatchers to work on the SKA telescope project.
Rhodes University was "again on the brink of closure" because the municipality had failed to provide water to the campus, says the vice-chancellor.
Minor changes in temperature and climate are strongly linked to increases in violence and conflict, according to a new study.
Australia’s SKA precursor, the Murchison Widefield Array, will give scientists "an unprecedented view into the first billion years of the universe".
Indigenous knowledge, such as the Khoikhoi’s use of hoodia as an appetite suppressant, have a history of being appropriated by large corporations.
Scientific output and research and development are key to the department of science and technology’s 10-year innovation plan.