The scientific community’s support for South Africa’s management of the coronavirus outbreak risks being undermined by the health ministry’s harsh response to criticism from a leading expert.
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On 27 May, two US astronauts are planning to launch from the Kennedy Space Centre on a mission to the International Space Station. What’s remarkable is they will not be launched by Nasa but by a private company.
Elon Musk is about to face his biggest test after almost two decades as a space entrepreneur: launching human beings into orbit.
A new generation of wearable devices could be powered by human sweat instead of conventional batteries, scientists have said.
An asteroid more than a mile wide is set to make a pass by Earth on Wednesday, although scientists insist it poses no danger.
An industrial-scale maggot plant north of Cape Town could hold a solution to the persistent problem of methane emissions, a big contributor to climate change.
Two types of cells in the nose have been identified as the likely initial infection points for coronavirus, researchers have said.
Stephen Wolfram is a cult figure in programming and mathematics. Last week, he launched a new venture: the Wolfram Physics Project, an ambitious attempt to develop a new physics of our universe.
Two Nasa astronauts have said they expect it will be tough returning to such a drastically changed world next week, after more than half a year at the International Space Station.
People with blood type A may be more susceptible to Covid-19 compared to other blood types, scientists have claimed.