Don’t Panic, But the Chances Of That Asteroid Hitting Earth In 2032 Just...
[Image: Gencraft / AI] If that Netflix movie Don’t Look Up didn’t already feel real, then it should feel more real right now. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is slated to pass very close to Earth in December...
View ArticleUniversity Of Alberta Develops Pill That Kills Cancer With Little Side-Effects
[Image: FMT] At a time when there are astonishing breakthroughs in every area of science, it’s good to know that not everyone is focussing on building AI robots and self-driving taxis. We still have...
View ArticleTotal Tasmanian Tragedy As Pod Of 157 False Killer Whales Beach...
[Image: x] A grim spectacle unfolded on a remote Australian beach: a pod of 157 false killer whales had thrown themselves onto the sandy shore of Tasmania. For two days, rescuers waged a desperate...
View ArticleWatch The World’s First Flying Car Glide Over A Vehicle During Test Run [Video]
[Image: Alef Aeronautics] Move over, sci-fi dreams—Alef Aeronautics just made them real. The US startup has pulled off what it boldly claims to be the world’s first actual flying car. And no, this...
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Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Beams Back Beautiful Images From The Moon
[Image: Friends of NASA/ Facebook] The Blue Ghost lunar lander has been sharing dazzling visuals of our moon since it successfully entered our rocky neighbour’s orbit on February 13. The new footage...
View ArticleCrypto Sleuths Wanted To Recover $1.5billion Stolen In Biggest Heist Ever
[Image: Flickr] A company that was targeted in what’s believed to be the largest theft in history is now trying to recover its losses by crowdsourcing online bounty hunters. Last week, hackers thought...
View ArticleKaty Perry & Lauren Sanchez To Ride Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Into Space
[Image: FMT] An all-female crew, including singer Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, and Jeff Bezos’ fiance Lauren Sanchez, will be the next group to fly into space on Blue Origin’s rocket. Joining...
View ArticleMan Does Labour Simulation To Prove ‘Love’ For Girlfriend, Lands In Hospital...
[Image: Baidu] Ah, love—the ultimate test of patience, devotion, and, apparently, one’s ability to survive simulated childbirth. A man in China learned this the hard way after his girlfriend signed him...
View ArticleEnhanced Games: The Push For An All-Steroid Olympics Is Gathering Momentum
[Image: GetArchive] Ever wondered what it would be like if Olympic athletes were allowed to juice as much as they wanted? Just imagine the 100-metre sprint being run by athletes who were not only...
View ArticleMicrosoft Will Shut Down Skype In May 2025
[Image: Flickr] Microsoft has announced that it will be shutting down the messaging platform Skype after nearly two decades. The video conferencing platform will no longer be available as of May 2025,...
View ArticleCheck Out This Stunning Video Of Blue Ghost ‘Soft-Landing’ On The Moon
[Image: Firefly Aerospace / Facebook] Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander nailed its first lunar landing attempt on Sunday, setting down close to Mons Latreille, a lunar peak in the vast basin Mare...
View ArticleMicrosoft To Make R5 Billion AI Investment In South Africa
[Image: NLPC] Tech giant Microsoft is set to invest R5 billion in artificial intelligence and data center infrastructure in South Africa. During a press briefing with President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brad...
View ArticleBack-To-Back Failures As Second SpaceX Starship Explodes Minutes After Launch...
[Image: Spacex Frontpage / Facebook] Mars will have to wait a little longer after the second SpaceX Starship spacecraft exploded minutes after lifting off from Texas yesterday. The setback is the...
View ArticleJohannesburg EMS On High Alert After Flash Floods Leave Trail Of Destruction
[Image: x] In case you still don’t believe climate change is happening, our country has experienced wildfires, tornados, and severe flooding across various provinces in the space of two months. The...
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The Loch Ness Monster Lives –‘Fantastic’ First Sighting Of Nessie Reported...
[Image: Wikimedia Commons] The legend of the Loch Ness Monster stretches back to ancient times, etched in stone and whispered through centuries. Logical explanations abound, sure—but just when you...
View ArticleWhat’s Really Happening With Those ‘Stranded’ NASA Astronauts?
[Image: NASA] For the past month, the space industry has been in an absolute tizzy over what should have been a straightforward homecoming for two NASA astronauts. Instead, it’s turned into a political...
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Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline
[Image: FMT] If a new study is to be believed, the world might’ve blown past the Paris Climate Agreement’s threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius years ago. The Paris Climate Accords in 2015 set the...
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Australian Man Lives 100 Days With Artificial Titanium Heart In Successful Trial
[Image: Bivacor / X] In a world-first, an Australian man has survived for 100 days with an artificial heart while waiting for a transplant donor. The Australian researchers and doctors behind the...
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Construction Of Cape Town’s First Elevated Sky Circle Begins
[Image: MyCiTi.org] The construction of Cape Town’s very first elevated Sky Circle is set to begin this month, marking a significant milestone for the city. The first step would be to install a massive...
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Scientists Find Proof That Dinosaurs Roamed The Western Cape
[Image: Gencraft / AI] Dinosaur bones have given us a pretty good idea of what these ancient creatures were like, but there’s something extra special about their tracks. While bones tell us what...
View ArticleCashing In At The Sperm Bank: Inside The Premium Semen Market
[Image: FMT] Demand for sperm is far outstripping supply in the increasingly lucrative global market for semen, with American sperm in particular having become one of the hottest commodities. While the...
View ArticleLamborghini’s New R7,5 Million Temerario Unveiled In South Africa
[Image: Lamborghini / Facebook] Lamborghini’s local importer unveiled the Italian brand’s all-new Temerario supercar at an event in Johannesburg this week. Serving as the successor to the Huracán as...
View ArticleAstronauts Finally Back Home On Earth After Nine Months Stuck In Space [Video]
[Image: FMT] The US astronauts stranded on the International Space Station finally returned to Earth Tuesday evening – months after their days-long jaunt in orbit turned into a headline-grabbing space...
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Conservationists Urge People To Stop Releasing Pet Goldfish Into The Wild
[Image: Pickpik] Conservationists are begging people to stop releasing pet goldfish into local waterways as the seemingly benign household pets can grow to gargantuan sizes, wreaking havoc on local...
View ArticleEV Maker BYD Takes On Tesla With Batteries That Can Charge In Five Minutes,...
[Image: BYD / Facebook] Investors are speculating that China’s BYD could outdo Elon Musk’s Tesla after the former rolled out an EV with batteries that can recharge in five minutes. The Chinese electric...
View ArticlePick n Pay Goes For “Hyper-Personalisation” In New Deal With FNB
[Image: Flickr] FNB and its “primary grocery retail partner”, Pick n Pay, are leaning into customer data in an attempt to hyper-personalise their offerings to customers. After an initial pilot phase...
View ArticleThe Western Cape Town Where You Can Buy Almost Anything With Bitcoin [Video]
[Image: Wikimedia] The small coastal town of Witsand has become an unlikely model for how digital currency can thrive in South Africa. Known as Bitcoin Witsand, the grassroots initiative allows...
View ArticleNew Study Hopes Rooibos Can Protect Petrol Station Workers Against Toxic Fumes
[Image: Wikicommons] Although many people say they enjoy the smell of petrol, huffing 95 Unleaded all day can be extremely harmful to your health. A new study by scientists at the National Institute...
View ArticleThe Rabies Outbreak Amongst The Cape Fur Seals Is Endemic Now, Says Vet
[Image: Wikimedia Commons] A rabies outbreak is tearing through South Africa’s Cape fur seal population, and there’s little chance of it stopping on its own. State veterinarian Dr Lesley van Helden...
View ArticleInsane Saudi Arabian Skyscraper Will Dwarf Every Other Man-Made Structure On...
[Image: Freerange Stock] Although not yet 100% official, “credible” rumours are gaining momentum that a ridiculously tall skyscraper planned for Saudi Arabia is going ahead. At 2km high, the...
View ArticleAn Incredible And Not So Mysterious Blue Spiral Appeared In The Skies Over...
[Image: Daniel Puchalski from Poland] On Monday night (March 24), a bizarre blue spiral lit up the skies over Europe, leaving people in the UK, Croatia, Poland, and Hungary scrambling to take photos,...
View ArticleQ-Day Is Coming: The Quantum Computer That Will Break All The World’s Secrets...
[Image: Artificial Intelligence] Somewhere – maybe in a high-tech lab near Seattle or deep in the mountains of China – the world’s secrets are about to be unlocked. Your secrets. Cybersecurity experts...
View ArticleFootage Shows Skyscrapers In Thailand And Myanmar Being Thrown Around During...
[Image: Bangkok Post / Facebook] A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar on Friday, leaving over 1,600 dead and turning buildings into rubble. While Myanmar is no stranger to quakes, sitting...
View ArticleWhy Carte Blanche Investigated Four Pig Carcasses Wearing Jeans In A Veld...
[Image: Pexels] Carte Blanche’s 30 March episode dives into something straight out of a mystery thriller – except it’s real and happening on the slopes of Table Mountain. Picture forensic scientists,...
View ArticleSwiss Watchmaker Vacheron Constantin Unveils World’s ‘Most Complicated’...
[Image: Vacheron Constantin / Facebook] Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin’s latest timepiece is not just packed with novel features — it is, officially, the most complicated mechanical wristwatch...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Kinect Has Become A Favourite Tool For Paranormal Investigators...
[Image: Flickr] Fifteen years after its release, just about the only people still buying the Microsoft Kinect are ghost hunters who claim the motion-sensing camera is the perfect tool for paranormal...
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Cape Town Is Waging A War On Tree-Killing Vietnamese Beetles
[Image: PSHB / Facebook] More than 7,000 trees have been affected by tiny invasive beetles from Vietnam that are killing off trees in urban and natural forests. Since its discovery in KwaZulu-Natal in...
View ArticleHow A Chaotic Team of British Geeks Created One Of The Most Profitable Gaming...
[image: GTA VI / Facebook] Like children waiting for Christmas, the much-anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI has gamers in a spin, and nobody understands this better than CEO and chairman of Take-Two,...
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AI’s Dirty Little Secret: OpenAI’s New Image Generator Can Forge Docs Like A Pro
[Image: X / Deedy Das] OpenAI’s shiny new 4o image generator model is freakishly good at something that’s tripped up its clunky ancestors for years: putting actual legible text inside images. And that,...
View ArticleScientists Have Successfully Resurrected The Dire Wolf
[Image: Needpix] A species of wolf that went extinct about 12,500 years ago has been brought back to life as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Colossal Biosciences, a...
View ArticleNew Video Of China’s Tailless, Triple-Engine Fighter Jet Has The Aviation...
[Image: Nickatgreat1220 / X] A new video has emerged of one of China’s new futuristic fighter jets, a three-engine, tailless flying wing aircraft that Western analysts have dubbed the J-36. The short...
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The Dutch Tall Ship Oosterschelde Docks In Cape Town To Celebrate Darwin’s...
[Image: Windseeker.org] The historic Dutch tall ship Oosterschelde has officially arrived in after exploring the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Retracing the voyage of the HMS Beagle, on which...
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Update On The City Of Cape Town’s Fog Harvesting Plans [Video]
[Image: Fog Harvesting / LinkedIn] The City of Cape Town has shared an update on what is happening with its fog harvesting plans, which were first initiated amid the panic of the City and province’s...
View ArticleWe Simply Have To Talk About The Raging Plastic Crisis
[Image: Kefron] April is here, which means Earth Month is in full swing, and we are taking the time to talk about plastic. Last August, a new study hit the headlines, and the results were enough to...
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Astronomers Detect Possible Signature Of Alien Life On Ocean-Covered Planet
[Image: ESA/Hubble / Flickr] A giant planet 124 light years from Earth has yielded the strongest evidence yet that extraterrestrial life may be thriving beyond our solar system, astronomers claim....
View ArticleIndustries You May Not Realize Are Using Blockchain Technology
[Image: Creative Commons] Slowly but surely, blockchain technology has expanded its role in the world. It’s not just about cryptocurrency anymore; the decentralized nature of the blockchain is helping...
View ArticleMediclinic Freezes Hiring And Cuts Costs As AI Takes The Wheel
[Image: Wikimedia Commons] Mediclinic just fired the starter pistol on one of South Africa’s most unsettling workplace races — man versus machine — becoming one of the first big names in local...
View ArticleNew Research Shows That People Age In Two Major Bursts
[Image: Picryl] Stanford University researchers have just delivered a brutal little reality check for elder millennials: you’re about to get old, and not in that slow, dignified, “silver fox” kind of...
View ArticleThe Techno-Seasteaders Who Want To Colonise The Ocean
[Image: Ocean Builders] On January 24, 2025, German aerospace engineer Rüdiger Koch emerged from his submerged capsule off Panama’s Caribbean coast, having spent 120 consecutive days living underwater...
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Scientists Discover A Brand New Colour ‘Olo’
[Image: Midjourney / Flickr] Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered a brand new colour they dubbed “olo”. Described as a deep, rich blue-greenish hue, the world will,...
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