New study sheds light on one of physics’ biggest mysteries
Why do we exist? A new experiment at Cern’s Large Hadron Collider has taken us a step closer to figuring it out.
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Facebook’s cryptocurrency: reasons for scepticism
Facebook is reportedly preparing to launch its own version of bitcoin, for use in its messaging applications, WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram. There are good reasons to be sceptical about its potential.
Web 3.0 promises to make the Internet free again
Thirty years after the World Wide Web was created, a third generation of Web technology might offer a way to enable better user control, more competition between Internet firms and less dominance by the large corporations.
Shutting down the Internet doesn’t work – but governments keep doing it
Already in 2019 there have been Internet shutdowns in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Chad, Sudan and Zimbabwe.
SA should consider closing science councils that don’t deliver
The role of public research institutions like science councils in national innovation systems has been diminishing in most developed countries.
Data science is a growing field – here’s how to train people to do it
Data science is experiencing significant growth. It is imperative that universities train graduates who can work in this expanding field.
How Facebook went from friend to frenemy
As Facebook celebrates 15 years of virtual friendship this week, social science has compiled an expansive body of research that documents the public’s love-hate relationship with its best frenemy.
IBM launches commercial quantum computing – we’re not ready for what comes next
As IBM launches its first commercial quantum computer, the technology may well prove to be the most disruptive to happen so far in the information age.
5G: a solution in search of a problem?
Never in the history of the mobile phone has there been so much hype about a new technology ahead of its launch than there is with 5G.
Why paper maps still matter in the digital age
With the proliferation of smartphones, it’s easy to assume that the era of the paper map is over. That assumption is wrong.