Fragmenting planets sweeping extremely close to their stars might be the cause of mysterious cosmic blasts of radio waves. Milliseconds-long fast radio bursts, or FRBs, erupt from distant cosmic locales. Some of these bursts blast only once and others repeat. A new computer calculation suggests the repetitive kind could be …
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Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, which continues to play a key role in the ongoing fight against Covid-19, represents one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of our time. The widespread effectiveness of mRNA-based vaccines has attracted considerable attention to the prospect of mRNA technology serving as a platform that can …
Read More »“Even if the aliens are short, dour and sexually obsessed,” the late cosmologist Carl Sagan once mused, “if they’re here, I want to know about them.” Driven by the same mindset, a Nasa-led team of international scientists has developed a new message that it proposes to beam across the galaxy …
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Critical companies in our mining and resources sector have been sounding the alarm about Transnet for many months now. With ailing infrastructure and the usual failings of government, our ability to cash in on the global commodity boom has been hamstrung by the railways and ports. In 2021, 58.3Mt of …
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Following the improvement of the COVID-19 situation and the high vaccination rates, several European Union/European Economic Area countries have already lifted their entry rules for all travellers, including those from third countries. The list of EU/EEA countries that have dropped their measures and now permit restriction-free entry to non-EU travellers …
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In the past, various trends in the education sector have been deployed with varying degrees of success, but the trends that the previous couple of years brought in the sector have completely changed the sector’s dynamics and are surely here to stay for the foreseeable future. From primary to higher …
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Sipho Hotstix Mabuse talks about his relationship with City Press. Photo: Denvor de Wee/Foto24 VOICES Music and popular culture icon Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse was shocked to see a sensational headline on the front page of City Press, saying he was threatening to leave South Africa. It was 1985 and the …
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MUMBAI: Actress Chandni Sharma is currently seen in Sony TV’s show Kaamnaa. The actress is playing the lead role of Akanksha in the drama series. After her successful stint in Ishq Mein Marjawan 2, the actress chose a completely different role. Chandni was first paired opposite Abhishek Rawat and then …
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France has committed over R7 million in partnership with Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct. The renewal of the partnership aims to foster growth and development of creative and cultural industries in Africa. Tshimologong will launch a gaming incubator skill-set to assist and develop start-up gaming studios. For more stories …
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We’re all good at fooling ourselves from time to time, especially when it comes to things that we think we can easily get away with, like skipping a session at the gym (under the guise that we’ll work extra hard the next time) or overspending on that big-ticket item (with …
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