Say hello to the Earth's nearest exoplanet neighbour: Proxima Centauri b
Aug 27, 2016 12:51 pm UTC| Science
After years of searching, an international team of astronomers says theyve found definitive evidence of a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun. The details are published in Nature today, and this...
Why STEM subjects and fashion design go hand in hand
Aug 27, 2016 12:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science Business
The fashion industry evokes images of impossibly beautiful people jet setting around the world in extravagant finery. Like a moth to the flames, it draws many of our most creative young minds. Often, the first instinct of...
Quantimentals, signal surfing and fast walkers: mapping the rise of weird data
Aug 23, 2016 09:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
One of the lesser understood aspects of what you can do with massive stockpiles of data is the ability to use data that would traditionally have been overlooked or in some cases even considered rubbish. This whole new...
Faster, higher, stronger: science shows why triple jumpers may be the ultimate Olympians
Aug 16, 2016 13:25 pm UTC| Science Sports
No athletes arguably embody Pierre de Coubertins Olympic motto faster, higher, stronger more fully than those competing in the triple jump. This dynamic track and field event comprises an approach run, followed by three...
AI can excel at medical diagnosis, but the harder task is to win hearts and minds first
Aug 13, 2016 11:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Science
Scientists in Japan reportedly saved a womans life by applying artificial intelligence to help them diagnose a rare form of cancer. Faced with a 60-year-old woman whose cancer diagnosis was unresponsive to treatment, they...
Could friendly bacteria be used to treat cancer?
Aug 13, 2016 11:28 am UTC| Health Science
The more I learn, the more I realise how much I dont know. Albert Einstein could have written these words about himself, a complex multicellular animal. The more we learn about ourselves and other animals, the more we...
The maths behind the fastest person on Earth (and no it's not Usain Bolt)
Aug 12, 2016 08:55 am UTC| Science Sports
Who is the fastest man on Earth? Usain Bolt, right? Wrong. The unpopular answer is, in fact, Justin Gatlin. In 2011, he ran the 100 metres in 9.45 seconds, the fastest time a human has ever run that distance, smashing...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight