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Humans rank above meerkats but below beavers in monogamy league table

10 December 2025 at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

Human beings in 7th place out of 35 species on monogamy scale, according to a study by Cambridge University

Humans are playing in the premier league of monogamous mammals, according to a new ranking of animals by their reproductive habits, but we may need a new manager to beat the beavers.

In the study from University of Cambridge, humans ranked 7th out of 35 species on the monogamy scale,...

Iain Douglas-Hamilton obituary

09 December 2025 at 19:47 PM, via The Guardian

Conservationist who devoted his life to the study and preservation of the African elephant

The British scientist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who has died aged 83, became the world’s leading authority on the behaviour of African elephants and played a vital part in ensuring their conservation.

His efforts to save the African elephant began in 1965 when, as an Oxford zoology graduate who had also just...

Gugu Lourie Interviews Amdocs’ Raman Abrol On Telkom & AI Future

09 December 2025 at 19:05 PM, via Tech Financials

Gugu Lourie hosts Raman Abrol, Division President at Amdocs, for the TFS Bag of Words podcast on TechFinancials News. The conversation first explores their partnership with Telkom SA, detailing how Raman’s role fosters this collaboration and what makes it distinctive in the African context. They then reflect on the core themes of SATNAC 2025, discussing […]

Astronauts successfully return to Earth after ISS command change – video

09 December 2025 at 17:57 PM, via The Guardian

Three crew members left the International Space Station and landed back on Earth after 245 days in space.

The cosmonaut and station commander, Sergey Ryzhikov, handed over a symbolic key  to the Nasa astronaut Mike Fincke during a change of command ceremony onboard the station.

The spacecraft landed at 8.04am Moscow time near the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan.

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Tshepo Khoza Gets 6-Year Sentence In SAPS DNA Tender Tax Fraud

09 December 2025 at 17:37 PM, via Tech Financials

The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) in collaboration with the South African Revenue Service (SARS), and other law enforcement agencies have secured six years direct prison sentence with two years suspended for Tshepo Khoza in a tax fraud matter involving approximately R3.6 million, linked to systemic corruption within state procurement processes. Tshepo Khoza, director of […]

Could a drug for narcolepsy change the world? | Zoe Williams

09 December 2025 at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

There are apparently breakthroughs on the way for those with sleep disorders – which sent me down a rabbit hole of research…

I met a guy in pharmaceuticals who told me about a bunch of cool breakthroughs in sleep meds: mainly, we may be on the brink of a new Wegovy, but in this case it’s a drug to cure narcolepsy. I suggested the two things are not quite the same, given that obesity is a...

How Art Is Driving Waymo’s Feel-Good Branding

09 December 2025 at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

A tech giant has teamed up with local artists, adding vibrant colors and quirky characters in an effort to humanize its futuristic ride.

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