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South Africa: Pluto Mission - South African Astronomers Join Forces With Nasa to Learn More About the Dwarf Planet
When the International Astronomical Union announced in 2006 that Pluto was being demoted from its status as the Sun's ninth planet, many astronomers and non-experts alike were shocked.
Africa: Is Wild Wheat The Unsung Hero in the Fight Against Global Warming?
Wild relatives of wheat, humanity's most widely grown crop, could provide a solution to adapting to the climate crisis.
South Africa: Meteorite Strike in South Africa - Scientists Offer Clues About What It Is and Where It Came From
On a Sunday morning in late August 2024 a nine-year-old girl named Eli-zé du Toit was sitting on her grandparents' porch near a small town in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, when she hear...
Africa: Mobile Phones Are Not Linked to Brain Cancer, According to a Major Review of 28 Years of Research
A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organizatio...
Africa: Belief in Alien Visits to Earth Is Spiralling Out of Control - Here's Why That's So Dangerous
The idea that aliens may have visited the Earth is becoming increasingly popular. Around a fifth of UK citizens believe Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials, and an estimated 7% believe t...
Lesotho: We Discovered a New Way Mountains Are Formed - From 'Mantle Waves' Inside the Earth
In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Towering cliff-like features known as escarpments interrupt the landscape, rising up by a ...
South Africa: Celebrating Women Who Shape the Scientific Workplace
The Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) prides itself on the incredible research done by its world-renowned scientists. The research...
Nigeria: Plateau to Inaugurate Hackathon Committee to Empower Youths On Innovative Technologies, Waste Management
The Plateau State Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology is set to launch the state's Hackathon Committee with the goal of empowering local youths to create innovative tech solutions fo...
South Africa: Nzimande Calls for Urgent Need to Transform South Africa's Science Landscape
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande, has called on the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) to convene a summit to discuss transformation within South...
Africa: A Third of the World's Population Lacks Internet Connectivity - Airborne Communications Stations Could Change That
About one-third of the global population, around 3 billion people, don't have access to the internet or have poor connections because of infrastructure limitations, economic disparities and geog...
Africa: 85 Percent of the Matter in the Universe Is Missing. but We're Getting Closer to Finding It
Most of the matter in the universe is missing. Scientists believe around 85% of the matter in the cosmos is made of invisible dark matter, which has only been detected indirectly by its gravitat...
Africa: Even With Astronauts Stuck in Space Until Next Year, Nasa's Pushing Human Flights Harder Than Ever
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to go to the International Space Station (ISS) on a roughly ten-day mission. Instead, they have been "stuck" there since June, as the r...
Africa: The Moon Was Once Covered By an Ocean of Molten Rock, Data From India's Space Mission Suggests
Data from India's recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the Moon. Scientists from the mission have published their new findings in the journal ...
Africa: Biodiversity - Roll Up the Sleeves and Do Something, Says Astrid Schomaker, New UNCBD Head
Montreal & Hyderabad -- "We are living in a time where nature is regularly raising its hand and saying, 'Look, I'm here and I'm in trouble,' and then bringing us all sorts of natural disaste...
Africa: Squid Have Tiny Teeth in Their Suckers - Scientists Could Use Their Unique Properties to Make Self-Healing Materials
When you think of a fearsome, sharp-toothed predator, a squid probably isn't the first animal that comes to mind. But these complex creatures have sophisticated eyesight, a strong beak to crush ...
Africa: Avalanches Can Grow 100 Times Larger Under the Sea Than On Land - Here's Why They're a Risk to the Internet
Underwater avalanches are powerful natural events that happen all the time under the surface of the ocean. They are impossible to see and extremely difficult to measure, which means we know litt...
Africa: Ancient Viral Genomes Preserved in Glaciers Reveal ...y of Earth's Climate - and How Viruses Adapt to Climate Change
As humans alter the planet's climate and ecosystems, scientists are looking to Earth's history to help predict what may unfold from climate change. To this end, massive ice structures like glaci...
Africa: Watch a Star Get Destroyed By a Supermassive Black Hole in the First Simulation of Its Kind
Giant black holes in the centres of galaxies like our own Milky Way are known to occasionally munch on nearby stars.
Africa: AI Sifts Africa's Natural Remedies for Drug Discovery
Lagos -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and traditional medicine may seem like strange bedfellows but African researchers are harnessing both to advance drug discovery on the continent.
Africa: Alzheimer's Might Not be Primarily a Brain Disease. A New Theory Suggests it's an Autoimmune Condition.
The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years witnessing several important controversies.
Africa: Supermoons Are Boring - Here Are 5 Things in the Sky Worth Your Time
A supermoon may sound exciting, but it's a modest coincidence.
Africa: Only 100 Years Ago the Milky Way Was Visible From Central Paris. Here's How We Can Get the Night Sky Back
For the more than 100,000 years humans have been on Earth, we have looked up at night and seen the stars and our celestial home, the Milky Way galaxy. Cultures all around the world have stories ...
Africa: Love for Cats Lures Students Into This Course, Which Uses Feline Research to Teach Science
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.
Africa: From Science Fiction to Telemedicine - the Surprising 150-Year History of Long-Range Medical Treatment
In 1874, a surgeon in South Australia telegraphed wound care instructions for a patient 2,000 kilometres away. A few years later, in 1879, a letter in The Lancet medical journal suggested physic...
Nigeria: Cihp to Hold Scientific Roundtable On Sustainable Interventions for Adolescent Vulnerabilities
The Centre for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP), will this Thursday hold a scientific roundtable aimed at reducing vulnerabilities of adolescents and young persons through sustainable intervent...
Africa: Would You Trust an Ant to Amputate Your Limb? Science Is Showing They Are Skilled Surgeons
An insect bites off another insect's leg. Is this predatory behaviour, aggression, defence, competition or something else? In the case of carpenter ants, it's for the good of the amputee and to ...