Cyber security has been identified as a global challenge, with Africa facing renewed threats through increasing internet use across many platforms.
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African research is largely invisible, kept in the shadows by publishing barriers and structural obstacles. A platform built in Brazil and rolled out across the developing world could be the solution.
Few would remember this fantasy car as a model of motoring excellence. It owes its success instead to a fantasy film that has turned 30.
Innovative new forms of funding must be pursued to address the higher education challenges in South Africa.
Enhanced data collection capabilities will ensure that information collected from the coastline will be seamless.
A novel approach to detect bacterial infections in 10-15 minutes is expected to become commercially available next year.
The Nobel Prize-winning research on neutrinos is expected to push the boundaries of science and technology.
Citizen science will ensure that the skies have no limit when it comes to research, as ordinary people are encouraged to take part in simple acts of exploration.
The discovery made by three Nobel Prize winning chemists is one of biology’s most important safeguards against imperfection in DNA.
Formlings are representations of flying termites and their underground nests. They are associated with botantical subjects considered by the San to have great spiritual significance.
The discovery of Homo naledi has been a social media sensation, recording an extraordinary number of views – more than 170,000 – for a scientific paper.
Despite claims about its age, puzzling combinations of features from Homo naledi gives it an uncanny resemblance to human beings.
If the continent is to grasp the science and technology revolution, then governments should take the lead in both policy formulation and implementation.
South Africa is seismically stable and should consider mining geothermal plants to solve its energy crisis.
Ochre has many uses. It can be used to shed information on the evolution of the modern mind.
Africa is a developing continent but there’s ample opportunity for careers in science that can contribute to science advancement as well as uplifting the socio-economic status of the continent.
Science and technology is seen as a key driver of a nation’s economic fortunes. How is the African continent faring a decade after the first major global survey on countries’ performance?
South Africans are being targeted by cyber criminals. Consumers are fleeced because their passwords make them vulnerable.
The future is not bleak as long as the government recognises the importance of and continues investing in science.
How successful a mother or career scientist one can become depends on how one’s available time is divided between the two activities.
Despite ongoing efforts, achieving gender equality struggles because it is ignored or compartmentalised rather than interwoven throughout.
There will be a quantum leap in securing online confidentiality with key distribution technology.
It may have been a cultural tradition to use tempera paint that contained traces of milk on bodies according to a discovery at Sibudu Caves in KwaZulu Natal.
Initiatives to attract and retain women in science must overcome chauvinism and other obstacles to succeed.
South African forensics may provide clues to the 400-year-old mystery of what was smoked in pipes found in Shakespeare’s garden.