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The difficulty for South Africa’s minister of science and technology – and for economic policy within all African countries – is the question of how to raise levels of innovation.
New evidence shows marked similarities between two fossils – one from Brazil, the other South Africa. This confirms compelling geological findings that continents were once one giant land mass.
A dinosaur’s name says something about the dinosaur itself. They are grouped together according to similarities they share, which also indicates their ancestral relationships to one another.
Stone tools have been integral to the way archaeologists have told the human story.
Censorship may not be the answer, but there needs to be acknowledgement of the challenges involved in the disruption of media that the internet is wreaking across the planet and in people’s homes.
A real-time hand-held device can help employers measure the impact of the sun on workers.
Throwing a safety net over one’s computer, mobile handset or tablet is a necessity because of the threat of viruses and infections through removable devices.
Drawing on models that have proved hugely successful in major cities around the world, Wits University is creating a large and ambitious Digital Innovation Zone.
The secrets of the embryonic dinosaurs whose parents roamed South Africa 200 million years ago are finally in the process of being hatched.
The way Africa consumes is music has changed dramatically because of the smartphone explosion.
The Karoo provides not only a historical record of biological change over a period of Earth’s history but also a means to test theories of evolutionary processes over long periods of time.
Increased internet connectivity can spur economic growth throughout Africa. But the continent has a long way to go before it can reap any broadband dividend.
There is a long road to travel before South Africa’s scientists live up to the grand expectations to encourage solutions to the country’s problems and boost the economy.
The challenge we face after a century of extraordinary discoveries is pinning down the lineage and mapping the evolutionary route through which we as human beings got here.
Men rule the roost in science and technology as women continue to battle against the glass ceiling.
The internet is seen as a luxury item in many parts of Africa .
The continent’s poor have tasted the power of the internet and have a desire for more.
Science has had a crucial role in helping to meet the targets of the Millennium Development Goals. But there’s much more to do.
Lightning can kill if one does not heed the safety measures.
Nano-satellites are small and cool enough to inspire youth to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Smart dirt is made up of those germs clinging to the surfaces around us that have become resistant to the chemicals normally used to get rid of them.
Many do not associate Africa with the high-tech sphere of “space”. However, in recent years, many countries on the continent have woken up to the potential and usefulness of space technology.
The Square Kilometre Array is the world’s largest telescope – what will it do and how does it work?
South African scientists and scholars produce the most significant portion of Africa’s recognised research publications.