We can get into the habit of thinking about our sibling with judgment and criticism

The question Since our mother’s death, my brother and I have had no contact. He lives more than 100 miles away. Our relationship has been very difficult for over 40 years. When we both had young children, things were better for a time. When our dad died, Mum’s health deteriorated and she moved in with me and...

Why has so little been done to make indoor spaces safer, to stop the spread of airborne viruses?

Robin McKie’s article rings alarm bells for global health and our failure to control airborne pathogens (“What virus will cause the next pandemic? It’s flu, say scientists”).

We are rightly looking with concern at the spread of H5N1 and the risk it poses to humans, but we have still not applied the...

An IT glitch leaves the cabin crew expecting to welcome a baby on board rather than a centenarian.

Documents examined by inquiry show officials knew people were being given infected blood products, but sanctioned their use

• Read more: government was warned of infected blood risks in 1970s; plus: ‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’

On a former slave owner’s cotton plantation in Arkansas, the sprawling Cummins state farm prison covers 6,700 hectares (16,500 acres) and can...

Whether you’re up against pet hair or you want to splurge on a high-end laser-guided robot vacuum, we have the perfect pick for you.

Whether you’re snoozing in a campground or schlepping up to an alpine valley, these are the best pads we’ve found for resting your weary bones.

Austrian astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger has spent her life hunting for signs of life in the universe. Here she talks about aliens, space exploration and why studying cosmology is like eating pizza

Staring into the abyss… Am I really reaching anyone out there?” Lisa Kaltenegger is laughing about the unsatisfactory experience of teaching astrophysics over Zoom during Covid lockdowns, but she...

Scientific studies cannot agree on the relative importance of genes and environment on how we turn out as adults

The eternal mystery of how much we are shaped by our parents – or how much we shape our children – was stirred again last week with the publication of a study that suggests that we are less like our parents than we had previously thought.

Led by René Mõttus of Edinburgh...

These hearing aids are tiny and nearly invisible, but they aren’t terribly effective.

The Outlier has produced an excellent analysis of Shoprite and Pick n Pay’s performance over the past 20 years.

These are some of our favorite stands, cases, keyboards, and styli, no matter which Apple tablet you have.

New music from Maggie Rogers, Tyla, Brittany Howard, and SchoolBoy Q showcase distinct artistic evolutions.

Plus: Leaked details tell us more about the new Google Pixel 8A, Freitag’s environmentally conscious bag is entirely recyclable, and it’s time to unpack a whole bunch of tech acronyms.

The Financial Intelligence Centre is proposing big changes to how cryptocurrency transfers are handled in South Africa.

Climate change is increasing the number of days people are exposed to hazardous pollution, affecting already disadvantaged communities the most.

Scientists hope studies into Boyajian’s star could lead to enhanced techniques for identifying distant planetary civilisations

It is our galaxy’s strangest star, a flickering globe of light whose sporadic and unpredictable output has baffled astronomers for years. But now the study of Boyajian’s star is being promoted as a research model that could help in one of the most intriguing of all...

Plus: Google holds off on killing cookies, Samourai Wallet founders get arrested, and GM stops driver surveillance program.

A ban on weapons of mass destruction in orbit has stood since 1967. Russia apparently has other ideas.

Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie is more concerned about international brands like Apple entering the banking sector than local competitors like Old Mutual.

Information security researchers are highlighting how attackers could use the File System Access API in some browsers to encrypt user files to try and extort money from them.