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Sport

Superb Bordeaux knock Tigers out of Champions Cup

Today at 17:58 PM, via BBC News

Leicester Tigers were well beaten by a relentless Bordeaux Begles side as the defending champions cruised through to the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup.

Education

Living Space

Yesterday at 12:13 PM, via New York Times

We don’t have to travel to the moon to gain some of the insight that astronauts do.

Lifestyle

German tourist rescued at Knysna Heads

Today at 09:22 AM, via The South African

A 44-year-old German tourist was safely rescued on Good Friday evening after getting into difficulty while kayaking near the Knysna Heads.

Entertainment

48 hours in pictures, 5 April 2026

Today at 17:37 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

Apple Brings Device-Level Age Verification to Two More Countries

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

11 days ago Apple launched device-level age restrictions in the U.K. There were some glitches, reports the blog 9to5Mac.For me, the experience was an entirely painless one, taking less than 30 seconds. All I had to do was tap a confirm and continue button, and Apple told me that the length of time I’d had an Apple account was used to confirm that I’m 18+. Others, however, experienced...

Science/Tech

Chance of alien life ‘goes to heart’ of space missions, Nasa chief says

Today at 19:26 PM, via The Guardian

Jared Isaacman says odds of evidence we are not alone are ‘pretty high’ four days after Artemis II rocket lifted off

Nasa’s Orion spaceship four days into Artemis II mission: in pictures

The top official at Nasa says that the chance of alien existence is a factor in how the US space agency plans its missions.

Speaking on Sunday, Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman told CNN’s Meet the Press that...

Science/Tech

Chrome 148 Will Start ‘Lazy Loading’ Video and Audio to Improve Performance

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

“Google has announced that it’s currently testing a new feature for Chrome 148 that could speed up day-to-day browsing,” reports PC World:[T]he browser can intelligently postpone the loading of certain elements. Why load all images at the start when it can instead load images as you get close to them while scrolling? Chrome and Chromium-based browsers have had built-in lazy loading support for...

Science/Tech

Scientists Engineered a Plant To Produce 5 Different Psychedelics At Once

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

Plants, toads, and mushrooms “can all produce psychedelic substances,” writes ScienceAlert. “And now their powers have been combined in one plant.”[S]cientists have taken the genes these organisms use to make five natural psychedelics and introduced them into a tobacco plant ( Nicotiana benthamiana), which then produced all five compounds simultaneously. As interest grows in psychedelics as...

Motoring

5 new Chinese car brands coming to South Africa

Today at 09:45 AM, via TopAuto

The tide of Chinese car brands entering South Africa isn’t slowing down anytime soon, as five more companies plan to launch here in the near future.

Motoring

Good news about petrol

Today at 07:55 AM, via TopAuto

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picked up this week.