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Director of destination marketing at Expo 2020 Dubai, Sumathi Ramanathan, said that events showcase technology and innovation that enable people to envision a better future for the planet

Conferences connect people to ideas

The World Expo and Meetings Africa are all about stimulating innovation – and income

Advocacy: Aids researcher and epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim, pictured here at Durban’s 2018 March For Science, is the latest South African fellow of the elite Royal Society of scientists. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)

SA professor enters ranks of Royal elite

Salim Abdool Karim joins Newton, Hawking and Einstein as a member of an extraordinary society

The Waterkloof Air Force Base from which President Omar al-Bashir left on flight Sudan01

‘Multiverse’ theory cut down to size

​With a science paper published after his death, Stephen Hawking has revived debate on a deeply divisive question for cosmologists

Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking announce Breakthrough Starshot – a new space exploration initiative – on April 12 2016.

Breakthrough Starshot plans to sail to closest star

Project Breakthrough Starshot plans to send robot spacecraft to our closest star, Alpha Centauri, on a trip that will take 20 years.

Neil Turok.

More questions about how old the universe is

Rowan Philp’s article about different opinions on the origin of our universe contains some differences with Liz Krusei’s article in March’s Astronomy.

Hawking vs Turok: Betting on the origin of the universe

Ten years ago Stephen Hawking made a bet with the man in the office next door at Cambridge University: SA’s Neil Turok, the son of ANC MP Ben Turok.

Hawking defied predictions he would only live for a few years after developing a form of motor neurone disease in 1964 at the age of 22.

Stephen Hawking and CERN team win $3-million in science prize money

Stephen Hawking, world-famous cosmologist, and the team behind the discovery of the ‘God particle’, have won a $3-million science price each.

Professor Stephen Hawking has a sophisticated system that allows him to communicate using a cheek muscle.

Technology breaks the silence

New devices give people such as Alan Martin, who has cerebral palsy, the chance to communicate properly for the first time.

Hawking defied predictions he would only live for a few years after developing a form of motor neurone disease in 1964 at the age of 22.
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Stephen Hawking to star in Paralympics opener

Britain’s most famous living scientist, Stephen Hawking, will appear at the opening ceremony of London’s Paralympic Games on Wednesday.

Unwell Hawking misses 70th birthday scientific debate

Unwell Hawking misses 70th birthday scientific debate

British scientist Stephen Hawking missed a scientific debate marking his 70th birthday as he was only discharged from hospital two days earlier.

Hawking turns 70

Hawking turns 70, defying disease

As Stephen Hawking turns 70 this week, scientists are baffled how he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease.

God did not create the universe

God did not create the universe, says Hawking

God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the universe, UK scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published from a new book.

Finding friends in high places

Giles Morris gives the lowdown on how to network on the internet.

Hawking bets mega-machine won’t find ‘God’s Particle’

Stephen Hawking has bet that a mega-experiment this week will not find an elusive particle seen as a holy grail of cosmic science.

‘It’s so important to allow brilliant people in Africa to thrive’

May was a momentous month for advanced scientific research and training in South Africa. Physicist Stephen Hawking was among our international guests.

Stephen Hawking meets Mandela in Johannesburg

World famous scientist Stephen Hawking met former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Thursday. Said Hawking: ”I admire how you managed to find a peaceful solution to a…

Stephen Hawking to spend time in SA

He’s been described as science’s first real rock star and the most famous physicist never to win a Nobel Prize. He knows black holes and p-branes inside out and he’s headed for…

Young fiction

Nicole Johnston reviews Jeanette Winterson’s <i>Tanglewreck</i> and Michelle Paver’s <i>Soul Eater</i>.