At what age are people usually happiest?
If you could be one age for the rest of your life, what would it be?
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Don’t celebrate getting your vaccine with a night of drinking
After more than a year into the pandemic, you might feel like celebrating when you get your Covid-19 vaccine.…
How diet drinks could be affecting your fertility
Would you rather drink fizzy drinks or diet cola than water? Do you prefer sugar in your brew for a …
Young people learn about relationships from media
Chanel Contos’ recent petition called for an overhaul of sexual education at schools and for consent to be taught earlier …
South Africa’s Blombos cave is home to the earliest drawing by a human
Scientists working in Blombos Cave in South Africa’s southern Cape region have made a discovery that changes our understanding of …
How to have healthy family disputes
Unlike Britain’s royal family, most of us don’t have the option to move to another country when we don’t see …
South Africa’s 1994 apartheid ‘miracle’: what’s left?
In the 1990s, a commonly held view was that South Africa had achieved a “miracle” because of its relatively peaceful …
What triangular patterns on rocks may reveal
The Pleistocene epoch, which started 2.6 million years ago and lasted until about 11,700 years ago, was crucially important …
SA remains a nation of insiders and outsiders
Twenty seven years into democracy, South African politics is still for the few. And those who complain the most …
4 foods to help you combat dry skin this winter
Cracked lips, crusty elbows and dry skin that won’t stay moisturized no matter what you do. It’s that time of …
First supermoon of 2021 to rise on Tuesday
The first supermoon of the year will happen on Tuesday, appearing up to 30% brighter and 14% bigger than a …
Do you really need to drink 8 glasses of water a day?
The warmer weather and longer days have inspired reminders to “stay hydrated” and drink eight glasses of water – or …
Varicose veins: are they harmful?
Around 25% of women and 15% of men have varicose veins. These are swollen and twisted superficial veins – which …
COVID-19 restrictions take a toll on brain function
Confinement — which has been frequent during the pandemic — has undeniable effects on the brain. There’s the inability to …
Oscars 2021: COVID-19 has rekindled a love of movies
For the first time in more than 90 years of Academy Awards history, films released via commercial streaming or …
The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 walks a fine line
This review contains spoilers for the first three episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale season four.
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Submarines are meant to hide but what if one disappears?
In waters north of Bali, a frantic search is underway for the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala, missing with 53 crew …
Brown locusts have survived a long drought in SA
The Northern Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa recently experienced their longest drought in 100 years. The seven …
The Table Mountain fire: what we can learn
The fires that started on 18 April 2021 on the slopes of Table Mountain in South Africa destroyed several buildings …
5 things that could make your cold or flu symptoms worse
Flu season, which typically falls between April and September in South Africa, is likely to overlap or coincide with …
SA now has an app to report Covid-19 vaccine side-effects
SAHPRA has launched a new app that makes reporting side-effects patients experience when using medication and vaccines much easier, this …
Ivermectin: why it isn’t recommended for use
As the search continues for treatments for COVID-19, the results from a number of studies have led to changes in …
Deep-sea volcanic eruptions create megaplumes
The ocean floor is famously unexplored and is imaged in much less detail than the surfaces of Mars, the Moon …
Dead Sea Scrolls: two scribes probably wrote one of the manuscripts
Ever since the Dead Sea Scrolls were accidentally discovered over 70 years ago in a cave in Israel, they have …
Disconnect between research and urban planning
The African continent is fast on its way to becoming one of the world’s largest urban hubs. This has …
MI5 joins Instagram to bust ‘martini-drinking stereotypes’
The British security service MI5 is joining Instagram in a bid to increase transparency and get rid of the “martini-drinking …
Climate change threatens coffee and coffee beans
The world loves coffee. More precisely, it loves arabica coffee. From the smell of its freshly ground beans through to …
Gastro outbreak: how does it spread, and how can we stop it?
On Monday, Victorian health authorities released figures showing they’d received 389 reports of “gastro” outbreaks so far in 2021.
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What to drink with dinner to get the most iron from your food
A drink with your breakfast, lunch or dinner can make your meal more enjoyable. But have you considered whether your …
Why you shouldn’t use your laundry greywater in your garden
For the sake of the soil in which your plants are supposed to grow, think twice before using your laundry …
Climate change: Growing doubts over ‘chip fat’ biofuel
New research questions the environmental impact of rising imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.
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…Tik Tok sued for billions over use of children’s data
Popular app, TikTok is facing a legal challenge from former children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, over how it collects …
Bat Out Of Hell composer Jim Steinman dies
Jim Steinman, the colorful composer behind hit songs like Bat Out Of Hell and Total Eclipse Of The Heart…
The Buck Stops Here – Because Freedom Day is around the corner, and this is what Freedom Day means to young people in South Africa.
– Lebogang Ditsebe
We as young people in South Africa need to realise that two key things stand out, from …
Ancient Greece, handwashing and inequality
COVID-19 poses massive challenges nationally and globally when it comes to socio-economic inequality. It has hit the vaccine rollout especially …
Zoom fatigue and distracted driving share a problem
Feeling exhausted at the end of a long day of video-conferencing? Do your back, shoulders and mind ache after a …
The Ingenuity flew on Mars – why it’s important
Yesterday at 9pm Australian Eastern standard time, the Ingenuity helicopter — which landed on Mars with the Perseverance rover in …
What an unusual fossil reveals about parental care among pre-mammalian ancestors
South Africa’s Karoo region is world famous for its wealth of fossil remains. Many of these are from long extinct …
David Prowse’s Star Wars memorabilia collection to be auctioned for Alzheimer’s Research UK
The actor- who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy – passed away in November last year at …
Benefits of drinking hot water with lemon before bed
According to health experts, lemons are full of health benefits.
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While people often eat lemons because of their vitamin …
Get down and dirty in your garden
The garden, whether it has veggies or flowers, became many peoples’ safe space when the pandemic started.
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…Subtle signs you have a blood clot and what to do about it
Blood clots have been reported in a small number of people after they received Covid-19 vaccinations from AstraZeneca and Johnson …
Learning to live with COVID – the tough choices ahead
As mass vaccination continues to be rolled out, the UK is beginning to see encouraging signs that the number of …
Why your social media habit is probably not an addiction
Social media apps are useful sources of information. They help us catch up with the activities of friends, news, current …
Is magic immoral? It played a role in the development of early Christianity
Americans are fascinated by magic. TV shows like “WandaVision” and “The Witcher,” books like the Harry Potter series, plus …
What’s so special about the Mona Lisa?
Every day, thousands of people from around the world crowd into a stark, beige room at Paris’s Louvre Museum to …
3 reasons comics are great science teachers
People may think of comics and science as worlds apart, but they have been cross-pollinating each other in more than …
Netflix probes into history’s biggest gallery heist
Review: This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist, directed by Colin Barnicle.
After dreaming for many years of …
Why Google should be honest over location data tracking
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has had a significant win against Google. The Federal Court found Google misled some …
Vegans may have weaker bones than meat-eaters
Although a vegan diet is hailed for its many health benefits, like lowering your chance of getting diabetes or cancer, …