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latest news & developmentsAfrica: The only continent in all four hemispheres; global role still undecided
Its cities are expected to absorb hundreds of millions of new residents in the coming decades, making urban governance, infrastructure planning and service delivery central to…
NASA unveils probe bound for Jupiter’s possibly life-sustaining moon
The mission, planning for which began in the late 1990s, is expected to conclude around 2034
Star swallows planet in first glimpse of Earth’s probable end
The star, which is similar to the sun, engulfed the planet over a period of around 100 days
‘Lilahloane’: Death rites live beyond the grave
A new video installation by Imameleng Masitha at the AVA gallery digs into our rituals to mark mortality and the longing for home soil amid moving and migration
Achieving Earth for all
The changes needed to achieve sustainable well-being for everyone are so big, they require people everywhere to put pressure on governments which must respond or be replaced by it.
Rebuilding the SA economy more sustainably – and for greater impact
Covid-19 has devastated the economy, but it has also opened a window of opportunity for businesses
Calling all creatives: Biodiversity needs a global advertising campaign
Marketing experts need to apply the human behaviour-change techniques they have mastered to convince everyone to start looking after the Earth
Nokia and Nasa to install 4G on the Moon
Installing a wireless network on the Moon is just one step toward establishing a long-term human presence there
Threads of life: We have an opportunity to restore vital ecosystems
As the world celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity, we should commit to ensuring the natural world has what it needs to survive
Editorial: Climate control lies with us
‘Earth is the only place within reach that we can live on. The only habitable home’
The beauty of the very best ideas
World’s leading thinkers write on what impresses them — from Darwinism to the concept of ‘deep time’
Earth-like planets discovered outside our solar system
Two newly discovered exoplanets are the first ever detected outside the solar system that are Earth’s size or smaller — but they’re as hot as hell.
Africa awash in sunlight, but not solar energy
From household solar panels to thermal generators, sun power has enjoyed explosive growth around the world. Everywhere, that is, except in Africa.
Astronomers find batch of ‘super-Earths’
European researchers said on Monday they discovered a batch of three ”super-Earths” orbiting a nearby star.