Cape Town-based research technology company Yazi has raised its first institutional funding round from 3 Capital Ventures (3CV), the early-stage venture firm that originated inside Allan Gray, as enterprises and development organisations increasingly adopt WhatsApp as a channel for customer and population research. Founded in 2022 by Timothy Treagus (CEO) and Mzwandile Sotsaka (CTO), Yazi […]

Signal says its systems are secure but it is taking reports of targeted attempts to hack some officials “very seriously”.

The family alleges the firm knew the perpetrator was planning a “mass casualty event” but failed to contact the authorities.

UK’s GSK is leading the way in research but AstraZeneca is not involved in the area, report finds

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The pipeline of drugs to fight superbugs remains “worryingly thin” and has shrunk by 35% in the last five years, experts have warned, predicting the annual number of deaths linked to drug-resistant infections globally will double to 8 million by 2050.

The number of...

Tracker has appointed Silvia Schollenberger as its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) from 3 March 2026. The first CCO for Tracker, the appointment signals Tracker’s commitment to shaping a structure that enables stronger execution and quicker decision making – positioning the company for accelerated, sustainable growth. Schollenberger will lead the new Tracker commercial business area, […]

To some it was a reckless experiment but scientists hope the dispersal of 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine could ease the climate crisis

For four days last August, a thick slick of maroon bruised the waters of the Gulf of Maine. The scene, not unlike a toxic red tide, was the result of 65,000 litres of an alkaline chemical, tagged with a red dye, that had been...

Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons programme. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic weapon? Ian Sample hears from Kelsey Davenport, the director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control Association. She sets out why many experts don’t...

Scientists hope results analysed after the mice watched video footage will help them understand their perceptions

Scientists have reconstructed short movies from the brain activity of mice that watched videos for a project that aspires to lift the veil on how animals perceive the world.

The brief movie clips are grainy and pixellated, but provide a glimpse of how mice processed footage that...

Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US

The annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the US to Europe due to concerns about attendees getting visas, organizers announced on Monday.

Organized by the Annals of Improbable Research, a digital magazine that highlights...

The crypto market rarely witnesses a new project entering exchanges with enough momentum to immediately challenge the industry’s established players. Most cryptocurrencies spend years building liquidity, community participation, and exchange access before approaching the billion-dollar valuation range. Yet every market cycle produces a few exceptions, projects that arrive with strong momentum...

Researchers working to unpick whether daily multivitamin results in people staying healthier as they age

Taking a multivitamin every day for two years appears to slow some markers of biological ageing – albeit to a small degree – research suggests.

While chronological age is based on how long a person has lived, biological age reflects the state of the body. Estimates of the latter are often...

As the US space agency misses its launch window for the second month, smaller firms continue work on their parts

It was shaping up into another ordinary day at the Colorado headquarters of the small space startup Lunar Outpost last Friday when chief executive Justin Cyrus learned of a surprise press conference called by Jared Isaacman, the new administrator of Nasa.

Cyrus’s company epitomises...

As part of its ongoing efforts to build digital skills and literacy among women in rural communities, the Women’s Development Business (WDB) Trust Training Academy will host two ICT graduation ceremonies in Mpumalanga and Limpopo. The events celebrate learners who have successfully completed a year-long ICT skills development programme. A total of 184 learners will […]

In search of a new adventure, Craig Munns went back to school. Now, at 65, he spends his days examining long-vanished life forms

Craig Munns has a large model of a T rex on his desk. He got it with a magazine subscription two decades ago. One day, a few years ago, he was sitting in his study, which was dense with books and yellow sticky notes and posters charting evolution from single cells...

Constellation of Cancer is not easy to locate but reward is the star cluster M44 at its centre

The constellation of Cancer, the crab, is now high in the southern sky during the late evening. While not the easiest constellation to locate because it does not contain any truly bright stars, it does offer a reward for patient observation: the star cluster M44, also known as the beehive...