Ofcom is issuing industry guidance which sets out the tech adult websites must use to check ages.

Small businesses are key contributors to the South African economy – driving innovation as well as job creation. These organisations are fertile ground for skills development initiatives to take root, giving career-advancing opportunities to a diverse range of workers. Huawei works hand in hand with over 50 South African Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) […]

Launch of Amazon founder’s New Glenn craft on second attempt ramps up rivalry between tech billionaires

Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket has blasted off from Florida on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth’s orbit for Jeff Bezos’s space company as it aims to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the satellite launch business.

Thirty storeys high with a reusable first stage filled...

A recent working paper by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) sheds light on how agency banking could be a game-changer in the quest to enhance financial inclusion. Authored by Lwanga Elizabeth Nanziri and Paul Terna Gbahabo, the study emphasises the critical role of agency banking in overcoming barriers to financial services, particularly for underserved […]

Last year was full of unexpected science news, from a new strain of Mpox emerging in the DRC, to artificial intelligence dominating the Nobel prizes and two astronauts getting ‘stuck’ in space. So what will this year bring? Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss the big stories likely to hit the headlines and share their predictions for 2025

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The mutatio, on Ermin Street linking Silchester and Gloucester, would have provided a place for travellers to rest or change horses

At Gloucester services on the M5, travellers are resting and refuelling, taking a break from the demands of the road.

Just a few miles east, scores of archaeologists are completing a two-year project that has unearthed a forerunner of the site, a 2,000-year-old...

Ed Miliband says funding pledge means Britain within ‘grasping distance’ of ‘secure, clean, unlimited energy’

The UK government has promised a record £410m investment in nuclear fusion which could help construct a world-leading fusion power project on the site of an old coal plant in Nottinghamshire.

Ministers hope the funding, which will be made available for the coming financial year, will...

Privately built spacecraft from Texas-based Firefly and Japan’s ispace will conduct experiments for future missions

Two privately built lunar landers were speeding towards the moon on Wednesday after space start-ups from Texas and Japan split the cost of an early-hours ride aboard a SpaceX Falcon rocket.

The 1.11am ET launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center saw a rover from the Tokyo...

Study highlights role of women in Celtic Britain and challenges assumptions most societies were patrilocal

From Neanderthals to royal courts, history seems awash with women upping sticks to join men’s families, but researchers have found that the tables were turned in Britain’s Celtic communities.

Researchers studying DNA from iron age individuals in Britain have found evidence that men moved...

Looking back through her post bag, Observer Magazine’s Philippa Perry answers her readers most commonly asked question: why are other people so awful?

From my many years as a therapist and advice columnist, I’ve started to see clear patterns in the problems that bother my readers the most. And I can confirm that Sartre was right: hell is other people. It’s difficult relationships with those...

Psychologists have found that people who occupy this place in the birth order are more honest and humble than their older and younger siblings. But there are, of course, exceptions …

Name: Middle children.

Age: Well, it varies, obviously. But younger than at least one sibling, and older than at least another.

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Luke Evans, whose work has been called ‘breathtakingly new’, says he has lost experimental data and all equipment

A scientist in Liverpool has lost more than a decade of work after the prefabricated building that served as his research lab was destroyed in a suspected arson attack.

Luke Evans, the chief executive of Scintilla CME and a PhD student at the University of Liverpool, was due to...

Expert says the planet parade will be best viewed around 21 January and recommends downloading a sky map app to help spot them

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Stargazers are being treated to a rare “planet parade” this month, with most of the planets visible in the night sky at the same time.

Astrophysicist Dr Rebecca Allen, co-director of Swinburne University’s...

WiFi technology is on the brink of a revolutionary transformation, and 2025 will likely be remembered as the year when “WiFi Everywhere” became a reality.  With new advancements and standards, WiFi is poised to redefine connectivity, create unprecedented opportunities, and enable innovative applications that go far beyond fast internet access.  The latency factor: speed redefined […]

As South Africans, we often speak about our love for innovation, yet we hesitate to truly embrace the local ingenuity shaping the future. Now, more than ever, we must recognise and support the brilliance that originates within our borders. Take a bold step into the future with home brewed ground-breakingtechnologies that are redefining the way […]