Researchers say study may help global efforts in controlling disease that still destroys crops today

It was a disaster that killed about 1 million people, devastating 19th century Ireland, but while the potato disease linked to the Irish famine is well known, a battle has raged over where it originated.

Scientists have long been divided over whether the fungus-like pathogen Phtytophthora...

Australia’s internet regulator said X was the only major tech platform which refused its request.

This diagnosis is a label given to survivors of abuse and should not be used with children, writes Keir Harding. Plus a parent writes of how medical professionals abandoned their son

Scout Tzofiya Bolton painfully illustrates the neglect and brutality that can arise once mental health difficulties are understood as a “disordered personality” (Nobody could help me with my psychosis. Then I...

As The Traitors final airs, Prof Richard Wiseman – a psychologist and magician – says telling a good lie is ‘very difficult’

As The Traitors final airs on BBC on Friday, in which the Faithfuls battle to expose the Traitors to win a cash prize, we spoke to an expert in the psychology of deception about how to lie.

Richard Wiseman, a professor of the public understanding of psychology at the...

People in their 60s are living longer today than in previous generations. We asked experts how they can best prepare

The percentage of people 65 or older has rapidly increased over the last 100 years. This group grew about five times faster than the total population between 1920 and 2020.

Baby boomers, who started turning 65 in 2011, are primarily behind this growth spurt. The sixtysomethings...

Eskom’s relentless execution of the Generation Recovery Plan has achieved a monumental milestone: 303 consecutive days without loadshedding since 26 March 2024. This Sunday, 26 January, marks 10 full months of uninterrupted power supply, a testament to the utility’s progress in its turnaround strategy. In addition to this remarkable achievement, Eskom has saved R16.40 billion in diesel...

Vodacom has notified contract customers that their monthly fees will increase from 1 March 2025. To soften the blow, subscribers will get some extra data every month.

A former USDS employee called the repurposing of the Digital Service into DOGE an “A+ bureaucratic jiu-jitsu move.” It will give Musk and his associates access to unclassified data in every government agency.

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Whether you know it or not, AI is already being used extensively in the online casino industry. It isn’t quite having the same impact that AI is having on other industries, but it is there. We genuinely believe that there is space for AI to grow further in the online casino industry too. On this […]

After Trump signed a sweeping executive order directed against trans people this week, trans and nonbinary people are scared of what happens next.

Between March and June 2025, Eskom will have to make do without some of the Kusile units that contributed significantly to the end of load-shedding.

ICASA gives the go-aged for the transfer of control of telecommunications licences held by Cell C to The Prepaid Company.

Businesses which boost their star ratings will have warnings attached to them – fake reviewers will be banned.

Former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter has been appointed in a new position following a senior fellowship at Yale University.

Our physics expert picks his top-five equations, plus a scheme to supply US power needs with a bucket of baseballs. Thanks, Einstein!

When a US research lab accidentally created a sticky web-like substance, it turned to Peter Parker and comic-book lore for inspiration on what to do next.

Using its own browser, Operator can look at a webpage and interact with it by typing, clicking and scrolling.

Mpilo Technologies appoints Motsholane Sebola as Deputy CEO and Sizwe Mabanga as CTO, marking a strategic shift to drive digital transformation across Africa