Less than 1% of South Africans are active blood donors, which means regular shortages of supply.

The extreme surface conditions are one of the reasons planetary exploration missions have avoided Venus.

Mabi was as much a showman and a performance event as he was a musician.

The students in this collection of stories by the Initiative for Creative African Narratives have refused to be silenced amid...

South Africa is one of the top five global hot spots for cartilaginous fishes – sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras...

It captures something of an emergent creative spirit – influenced but not defined by wokeness and related cultural controversies.

Programmes can help to reverse its effects. But this is much harder than preventing it in the first place.

Community sensitisation on the damaging effects of both child marriage and intimate partner violence is equally critical.

Drones are born in summer and have one aim in life – to mate with a virgin queen.

This reward system encourages behaviours such as active participation, attendance, humour, creativity, helpfulness, team spirit, leadership and curiosity.

Smokers who quit smoking can avoid premature death, if they do so before it is too late.

Phones keep people permanently available for communication and information from different areas of life.

People generally perceive their voice as deeper and richer when they speak.

But when we look in detail at the Milky Way’s structure and chemistry, it starts to stand out.

Dam levels simply tell you how much water is stored, not how long it will last

The admixture between European and Khoe-San was more common than church records suggest.

The painting was documented as being part of the Warneck Collection.

Numerous repellent-based products, such as creams, roll-ons and sprays have a very short period of protection – a few hours.

A new set of guidelines for handling intimate scenes in film and television shoots was recently released in South Africa.

A ban on sugary drinks sales and advertising is likely to hold more promise than voluntary actions in improving the...

Throughout evolution, each of these families independently “designed” their fangs and venom delivery systems, which led to slight differences.

A limited number of worshippers were allowed in at a time and there was clear demarcation to ensure physical distancing.

In January, local authorities arrested a 36-year-old man named Aditya Singh after he had spent three months living at Chicago’s...

The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird...

From the algorithms that make our social media accounts function to the sleep-tracking technology in our smartwatches, the world has...

The peculiarity of the Jerusalema dance lies in its sequence, proposed by one of the participants and repeated in the...

There is often a grief response associated with pregnancy loss. The psychological burden of miscarriage may negatively affect a couple’s...

The material was so fragile that standard excavation techniques were not suitable. Instead the whole burial pit was removed as...

Rather than “dimorphic,” the human brain is a sexually monomorphic organ – much more like the heart, kidneys and lungs.

Adults who park their dinner plates in front of the television may have a greater chance of weight gain

South Africa’s black romcoms break with the tales of racial reconciliation and the rainbow intimacies of a prior generation of...