Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore must have heaved a sigh of relief when they opened the hatch and floated into…
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When we read about the lives of people from the ancient past, we naturally want to know what they looked…
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more powerful – even being used in warfare – there’s an urgent need for governments,…
The start of the new English Premier League (EPL) football season is seeing further changes to the way VAR (the…
Our Sun drives a constant outward flow of plasma, or ionized gas, called the solar wind, which envelops our solar…
Automating food is unlike automating anything else. Food is fundamental to life – nourishing body and soul – so how…
About one-third of the global population, around 3 billion people, don’t have access to the Internet or have poor connections…
South Africa is at a pivotal moment in its energy transition: trying to decarbonise its economy (move away from coal)…
SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one. Polaris Dawn plans to not only orbit Earth…
South Africa endured an electricity crisis from 2008 characterised by intermittent rolling blackouts and a growing culture of non-payment. The state-owned utility,…