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Sosibo looking forward to tough US cross-country race

Today at 12:03 PM, via SowetanLIVE

Long-distance runner Cacisile Sosibo is looking forward to showing what she is capable of when she competes at the 46th World Athletics Cross-Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday.

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Zungu sure Mushore will shine at Usuthu

Today at 11:59 AM, via SowetanLIVE

“We welcome Mason to the AmaZulu family and we’re confident he will add value and prove himself in our midfield,” said Zungu in a statement released by the club.

Business

Big petrol price cut coming for South Africa

Today at 10:30 AM, via BusinessTech

Early data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) shows that fuel price recoveries are building for a significant cut at the pumps in February—if current market conditions continue.

Education

The Many Lives of a Radical Founder

Today at 12:01 PM, via New York Times

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” published 250 years ago this week, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of his strange and winding story.

Education

Nigeria: Rector Warns Against Extortion of Students

Today at 00:49 AM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] Rector of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Engr. Ibraheem Abdul, has warned its newly recruited teaching and non-teaching staff against extorting students.

Entertainment

Apology to AfriForum

Today at 11:43 AM, via The Citizen

The Citizen apologises to AfriForum for the mistake made

Science/Tech

Fusion Physicists Found a Way Around a Long-Standing Density Limit

Today at 12:00 PM, via Slashdot

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: At the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), physicists successfully exceeded what is known as the Greenwald limit, a practical density boundary beyond which plasmas tend to violently destabilize, often damaging reactor components. For a long time, the Greenwald limit was accepted as a given and incorporated into fusion...

Science/Tech

Alzheimer’s therapies should target a particular gene, researchers say

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Scientists at UCL say drug developers should focus on two risk-raising variants of the Apoe gene

New therapies for Alzheimer’s disease should target a particular gene linked to the condition, according to researchers who said most cases would never arise if its harmful effects were neutralised.

The call to action follows the arrival of the first wave of drugs that aim to treat Alzheimer’s...

Science/Tech

Health professionals should be wearing respirator-grade masks, WHO is advised

Today at 11:49 AM, via The Guardian

Experts are urging guideline changes for doctors and nurses as surgical masks offer ‘inadequate protection against airborne pathogens’ such as Covid

Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according to a group of experts...