Melon Mobile has spun out a new company, Melon Digital, to help brands launch MVNOs in South Africa.

Binance’s Samukele Mkhize explains the fundamentals of risk management and security in crypto.

Openserve has invested more than R2-billion to modernise its network and drive fibre deployment.

Expeditions may be more challenging than previously thought due to presence of toxic particles

From a distance Mars looks beautiful, but sending astronauts to explore the planet might be more challenging than first thought, due to the presence of toxic dust. A new study identifies some of the health hazards and discusses the kind of personal protective equipment that astronauts might...

Less than 2% of human genomes analysed so far have been those of Africans. Yemaachi Biotech’s Africa Cancer Atlas aims to fill the research gap

When Yaw Bediako lost his father to liver cancer, it set the Ghanaian immunologist on a journey to know more about the disease. He quickly realised the burden of cancer in Africa was much greater than he had thought – accounting for about 700,000...

Tesla chair Robyn Denholm ignored questions about whether Elon Musk needs to devote more time to the US car maker as its sales and share price crater.

Resentment is natural when you’ve been wronged, but over time it can become bitter and self-defeating. Psychologists explain how to move on

At some point in the late 70s, during a Brownies meeting, something happened to Deborah that she has never been able to forget. Well, she can’t actually remember exactly what the incident was, but she knows the perpetrator – another girl, who still...

Signal has been growing in popularity in Europe, the US and elsewhere as an alternative to WhatsApp.

South Africa looks set for much better growth in 2025, according to analysts at Absa Group,

Experiment onboard upcoming SpaceX will examine how nutrient-rich oyster mushrooms grow in microgravity

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An Australian company will attempt to be the first to grow a crop of mushrooms in space, aboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission set to launch in early April.

In an experiment aboard Fram2, the first human spaceflight mission to orbit...

Noland Arbaugh has a chip in his brain to translate his thoughts into computer commands.

Fellows argue Musk has violated the code of conduct, but council believes investigation of his actions ‘could do more harm than good’

The Royal Society has decided not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk over his conduct, saying that to do so could cause damage to the academy and science itself.

Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who also owns the social media platform X, was elected a...

South Africa’s job market is transforming—fast. With unemployment high and the gig economy rising, workers are racing to future-proof their careers through digital upskilling. Leading this charge is TelkomLearn, where registrations have skyrocketed as thousands embrace free, accredited courses to stay competitive. Why TelkomLearn?  What makes TelkomLearn stand out? Powerhouse...

US President Donald Trump’s administration has nominated Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to South Africa.

Experts saying using even such a privacy-focussed platform for national security matters is very unusual.