Step aside, Sheldon Cooper. Meet Tanmay Bakshi, kid-genius and already considered to be the world’s youngest coders.

With over 700 000 deaths in Africa each year attributed to indoor and ambient air pollution, Tapiwa Chiwewe is leading a team of South African scientists dedicated to solving this crisis.

Looks like Minority Report was actually a documentary, then.

Stephen Hawking is looking for a new voice in this hilarious sketch… can you guess who he chose for the job?

All you need is a cellphone.

A U.S. scientist mapped out the ultimate road trip for your perusal. Fancy a Euro-trip?

This is just… wiat… what…. wow.

Good quality education fuels an economy. South Africa needs to increase its supply of science and technology university graduates. But instead it’s lowering the bar, especially when it comes to maths.

(very)Basic education minister Angie Motshekga celebrated South Africa’s improved international math and science ranking, from very last to only second-last.

An unruly mess of a continent governed by mad men and military? Not entirely. Africa has some of the most impressively educated leaders going. Including a certain Zimbabwean…

A big science win for Mzansi.

A new study suggests women choose partners with beards when they want a long-term relationship.

Can you even with this cute little thing?

The fossils are millions of years old.

No more hugs for Brakkenjan. It stresses them out.

Findings by University of Cape Town, University of Western Cape offer glimpse of early universe to be revealed when SKA is operational

Women don’t need much more time than men to sleep in, but science is very much in their favour for getting a bit of extra shut eye.

There’s a new scientific alliance in Africa, but if it’s going to survive, it needs the support of the African community.

Minister Schafer believes that the province’s 2015 NSC results will be even better than the previous year, with Mathematics and Science a key focus.

Seems like there’s an upside to being stressed out… so don’t worry about it.

The Cradle of Humankind continues to unearth some fascinating discoveries.

Ok, bees are pretty bad-ass, but don’t come close to hornets in the fear category. These ouns can sting repeatedly and chow your flesh while doing it… oh and they love feeding on bees.

Recently Cape Town astronomer Roger Deane and a team of South African-funded researchers have discovered three closely orbiting super massive black holes in a galaxy more than 4-billion light years away – confirmation of the country’s fast-growing expertise in science and technology.

Well, it certainly took some searching: under the wreckage of the South African executive’s various setbacks, gaffes, scandals and furores, some good was done. Some government departments are broadly functional; a handful are thriving. We look at 10 isolated examples of the country and government we dream of

Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) foundation Bunengi announced a partnership with CRDF Global on Friday aimed at increasing opportunities for African women to study and pursue careers in the important STEM sectors