Tiny fish could play a big part in tackling malnutrition and the food insecurity crisis across the globe, a new study reveals.
Agriculture
Dec 1, 2022
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Few events capture the attention of the globe like the Men's FIFA World Cup—in 2018, the event boasted a viewership of 3.5 billion people. Yet, despite the enormous popularity of the World Cup, host cities and countries ...
Economics & Business
Nov 30, 2022
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South Africa has notoriously high levels of violence against women. The latest police figures show that 10,818 rape cases were reported in the first quarter of 2022. The country has among the highest rape incidence in the ...
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2022
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A former South African quarry is opening a window into an important period in the history of life.
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 30, 2022
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Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals ...
Evolution
Nov 26, 2022
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African large carnivores have undergone significant range and population declines over recent decades. Although conservation planning and the management of threatened species requires accurate assessments of population status ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 25, 2022
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Titanium is a strong, resilient and relatively light metal. Its properties have also been well studied; scientists know a great deal about it. All of this makes it the ideal base for fashioning artificial limbs—particularly ...
Materials Science
Nov 25, 2022
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If you're cooking a meal for Thanksgiving or just showing up to feast, you're part of a long human history—one that's older than our own species.
Archaeology
Nov 24, 2022
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South Africa is famous for its amazingly rich and diverse fossil record. The country's rocks document more than 3.5 billion years of life on Earth: ancient forms of bacterial life, the emergence of life onto land, the evolution ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 22, 2022
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The latest UN climate change summit (COP27) concluded, once again, with a tussle over the place of fossil fuels in the global economy.
Environment
Nov 22, 2022
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