Cheaper, tougher, less toxic: new alloys show promise in developing artificial limbs
TITANIUM is a strong, resilient and relatively light metal. Its properties have also been well studied; scientists know a great
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SCIENCE, TECH AND INNOVATION
Nigeria has too many prison inmates awaiting trial. Technology could achieve swifter justice
NIGERIA’S prison population is more than 76,000, housed in 240 correctional centres. About 70% of these inmates are still awaiting
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Digital solutions are boosting agriculture in Kenya, but it’s time to scale up. Here’s how
DIGITAL agricultural services have proliferated across Africa over the last decade. Most are services that work on mobile phones, although
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Artificial intelligence is used for predictive policing in the US and UK – South Africa should embrace it, too
IN the 2002 movie Minority Report (based on a short story by Philip K Dick), director Steven Spielberg imagined a
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Electrifying Africa’s fossil-powered cars
THE conversion of fossil fuel-powered cars to electric vehicles (EVs) is quietly picking up steam in Africa as soaring fuel prices drive consumer interest in green mobility.
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Rock stars: how a group of scientists in South Africa rescued a rare 500kg chunk of human history
SCIENTIFIC breakthroughs can happen in the strangest ways and places. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin because of mould growing on a
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Mozambique had no data about snakebites. Our new study filled the gap – and the results are scary
EVERY year between 20,000 and 32,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa die after being bitten by snakes. That’s more than five
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The Webb telescope has released its very first exoplanet image – here’s what we can learn from it
DID you ever want to see an alien world? A planet orbiting a distant star, light years from the Sun?
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Breakthrough shows humans were already standing on their own two feet 7 million years ago
THE study of present-day species has delivered a clear verdict on humanity’s place in the living world: right alongside chimpanzees
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Revelations from 17-million-year-old ape teeth could lead to new insights on early human evolution
THE timing and intensity of the seasons shape life all around us, including tool use by birds, the evolutionary diversification
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