Solar system with seven Earth-like planets found around nearby star – here's what they could be like
Feb 28, 2017 07:12 am UTC| Science
There have been many discoveries of potentially habitable planets orbiting stars other than our own over the last few years. Now things are getting even more exciting. Scientists have documented a star surrounded by no...
No animal required, but would people eat artificial meat?
Feb 25, 2017 12:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Futurists tell us that we will be eating in vitro meat (IVM) meat grown in a laboratory rather than on a farm within five to ten years. IVM was first investigated in the early years of this century and since then...
50,000 New Seed Deposits Go To Doomsday Vault In Norway
Feb 24, 2017 10:07 am UTC| Science
Norways Svalbard Global Seed Vault or the Doomsday vault, as it is more commonly known, is home to countless species of plants and crops. The facility is meant to house and protect these seeds so that in the event of a...
Scientists Dare To Ask If Gene Editing Is A Human Right
Feb 24, 2017 10:06 am UTC| Science
For the longest time, humans have had to accept that they had limitations due to their genetics. With the advent of powerful gene-editing tools like CRISPR, however, this is no longer the case. Now, humans can potentially...
Scientists Think The Arctic Can Be Refrozen If They Had $500B
Feb 24, 2017 10:06 am UTC| Science Nature
A lot of climate experts, global leaders, and financial giants have already declared Climate Change as the single biggest threat that humanity is facing as a species. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of people and...
Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women
Feb 23, 2017 04:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Science Economy
Female research scientists are more productive than their male colleagues, though they are widely perceived as being less so. Women are also rewarded less for their scientific achievements. Thats according to my teams...
Time crystals: how scientists created a new state of matter
Feb 22, 2017 09:23 am UTC| Science
Some of the most profound predictions in theoretical physics, such as Einsteins gravitational waves or Higgs boson, have taken decades to prove with experiments. But every now and then, a prediction can become established...
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