Science

William Shatner is on the next Blue Origin flight to space

Blue Origin has announced former Star Trek actor William Shatner will be one of the crewmates on the agency’s next scheduled flight to space. New…

South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope discovers group of gas-rich galaxies

The South African Astronomical Observatory (SARAO) has discovered a group of 20 galaxies using the country’s MeerKAT telescope. The observatory announced the discovery on…

NASA records natural radio signal coming from Venus

NASA has released the recording of a radio signal that came from the upper atmosphere of Venus. The space agency published the recording on…

Explaining LIGO: detecting colliding black holes and gravitational waves

Feature image: The LIGO Facility in Hanford, Washington As most of you have probably heard by now, two astonishing discoveries have recently been made…

China’s building the world’s largest radio telescope that will search for alien life

While space enthusiasts revel over the discovery of Kepler-452b (the most Earth-like planet ever discovered) and feast on the visual glory that is Pluto…

Hello Pluto: dissecting the tech behind the New Horizons space probe

It has been almost a decade since NASA launched the unmanned New Horizons space probe as the beginning of their New Frontiers project (a…

Cryogenic human trials kick off, but no missions to Mars yet

Folks, doctors have figured out how to prolong the limbo between life and death. Meaning, suspended animation may no longer be an enigma reserved…

Tiny hairy metals threaten technology, but science holds the solution

The formation of minute whiskers on many of the metals widely used in electronics has plagued the industry for decades. The hair-like protrusions formed…

Engineers create tiny nanomotor small enough to fit inside human cells

Mechanical engineers at the University of Texas have created the world’s smallest, longest running nanomotor. The tiny mechanical marvel is so small that it…

Eskom announces Stage 4 loadshedding until Friday

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Google, UNESCO launch training programme for African journalists

Homegrown SA digital payments service rebrands as mojaPay

Vendease raises $3.2m to transform Africa’s restaurant supply chain

SA Startup Act gains boost from the Presidency

The HUAWEI nova series defined: What makes a nova device different?

Tecno Camon 17P available in South Africa: price and details

Xiaomi 11T Pro launches in South Africa: price and details

Road test: Renault Kiger 1.0 Turbo Intens

Road Test: Audi RS6 Avant

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