A new study reveals that mosquitoes prefer certain people over others based on chemicals on their skin related to smell.
The Water and Sanitation Programme takes place in various schools and the department aims to create more employment opportunities with it.
Scientists have managed to create synthetic embryos without eggs, sperm or fertilisation – but ethical discussions have begun.
Attending students are transported to cinemas across the country, where they attend ‘theatres of learning’ for 10 consecutive sessions.
Dinosaur fossils can be found in many parts of the world. South Africa and Lesotho’s main Karoo Basin, contains plentiful dinosaur fossils.
Trees are important in carbon sequestration. It is estimated that one tree can produce enough oxygen for four people.
While ‘COVID toe’ left many scratching their heads, a new study set out to uncover why some people develop this condition after contracting COVID-19.
Barbie and toymaker Mattel is recognising real-life female scientists with their new line of Barbie “role model” dolls.
Scientists conducted a meta-analysis of randomised control trials to ascertain the effectiveness of Ivermectin in treating Covid-19 patients.
Singapore Zoo released the first video of its lion cub Simba who was born in October 2020 after being conceived by artificial insemination.
The Western Cape achieved a score of 441 for Mathematics, 67 points above the national average and 31 points above Gauteng in second place.
Africa represents the youngest and fastest growing population in the world. This makes intellectual investment an imperative, to harness talent that is a significant and growing share of the global population.
Researchers want to study every square inch of planet Earth. The problem is that some areas are challenging for humans to get to in order to monitor.
Scientists should be able to create magnetic fields on Earth that rival the strength of those seen in black holes and neutron stars.
Researchers created a set of criteria for planets to qualify as potentially ‘superhabitable’.
World Space Week – the largest annual space event in the world – celebrates and inspires interest in space sciences and technology.
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This research to do with ears could be helpful in the development of new hearing aids.
People have searched for sex differences in human brains since at least the 19th century when scientist Samuel George Morton poured seeds and lead shot into human skulls to measure their volumes.
Given a possible scenario of a global temperature rise of three degrees Celsius, heat will kill more people then disease, study predicts.
A person’s pupils can show if they have suffered a traumatic experience in the past, according to new research.
The coelacanth, the world’s oldest living fossil, outlives the dinosaurs and thrives in the waters of South Africa’s Sodwana Bay.
In a recent interview, Gray said the government had disregarded scientically-based advice and that the lockdown should be done away with. She also said measures including wearing facemasks and social distancing should be put into place
A scientist from the Western Cape has lashed out at the press, after she was apparently misquoted in an article with a UK newspaper.
The first SARS-COV-2 genome has been found in South Africa which could help us understand and contain the spread of the coronavirus.