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Seaforest To Amazon Forest With National Geographic Photographer, Thomas Peschak

[imagesource:Save Our Seas Foundation] South Africa’s Great African Seaforest, which stretches north for more than 1,000 km into Namibia, is a wonderland of abundance and rich biodiversity and home to...

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Woolworths And Takealot Took The Lion’s Share Of Black Friday Spending

[imagesource:pexels] According to data from a live ticker dashboard that tracked Discovery Bank clients’ spending from midnight on Friday, November 29 to 11 p.m. that same day, Woolworths won the...

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Hawks Nab SIM Swap Scammers In R18m Standard Bank Fraud Bust

[imagesource:onfido] SIM swap fraud, or SIM card swapping, is fast becoming a serious menace in our digital world. These skelms use stolen sensitive data to hijack a mobile user’s SIM card. Once...

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Apple Reveals Its App Store Awards Finalists – Best 2024 Apps For iPhone

[imagesource:trustedreview] Ah, here we go again – no, not the chaos of Black Friday sales (though we know your cart was full), but the parade of end-of-year highlight reels. From Spotify Wrapped...

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Sails Are Making A Triumphant Comeback As Shipping Races To Harness Clean...

[imagesource:vaisala/facebook] The International Windship Association reckons that over 3,000 cargo vessels will be using sails in some form by mid-2030, and with the right market incentives in place...

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Patient Receives Huge Settlement After Parkinson’s Drug caused...

[imagesource:buy-pharma] Brittian’s NHS has been forced to pay out £70,000 (R1.5 million) to a man who developed an “uncontrollable” gambling problem after he was given a common Parkinson’s drug....

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Designer Babies Are Running Into Trouble As Teens, Grappling With Being...

[imagesource:here] Imagine being born with the weight of your parents’ version of perfection on your shoulders. For the select few dubbed “designer babies,” life begins as a genetic promise: handpicked...

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Get Ready For Generation Beta: The AI-Driven Kids Set To Take Over In 2025

[imagesource:gencraft/ai] It was basically yesterday that we were talking about millennials as kids and maybe you just found out about Generation Alpha – or if you’re really under a rock, Generation Z...

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Gabon Crocs Are Mutating Into A New Species After Crawling Into A Cave And...

[imagesource:projectmecistops] There’s something creepy crawling around the caves in Gabon. Crocodiles may not have evolved much over the last few million years, remaining the intriguingly nightmarish...

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Authorities Cracking Down On Annoying Spam Calls In South Africa

[imagesource:pexels] We’ve all sat on a spam call having a little existential crisis, wondering if this is what our life has amounted to – right? I’ve been irritated to such an extent by spammers that...

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The £77 Billion Canal To Rival Suez Canal And Connect The Red And...

[imagesource:wikipedia] Israel has an ambitious plan afoot to construct a huge 260-kilometre canal that would bypass the Suez Canal and challenge Egypt’s monopoly of the Europe-to-Asia shipping route....

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Toyota’s $10 Billion Futuristic “Living Laboratory” Woven City Nears Completion

[imagesource:Bjarke Ingels Group] Toyota’s bold vision for the future, Woven City, is transforming from concept to reality on the site of a former car factory in Japan. This groundbreaking “living...

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A Very Rare Seven Planet Alignment Is About To Grace Our Night Sky

[imagesource:pexels] Earth is in for a real treat! On the evening of 28 February 2025, the heavens will host an awe-inspiring spectacle, as all seven of the Solar System’s other planets come together...

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Rewriting The Past: Scientists Have Figured Out How To Turn Bad Memories Into...

[Image Source: Wikimedia Commons] Imagine being able to erase bad memories or traumatic flashbacks – it could make a huge difference in treating a wide range of mental health issues. Scientists might...

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How The World Is Dealing With Children’s Screentime

[Image: Pexels] Not since the invention of the television has there been so much discussion about the effects of technology on our kids. Since the first child glued themselves to the screen, parents...

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Keep Your iPhone Running Like A Dream: Easy Tips To Boost Battery Life

[imagesource:pickpic] If you’re hanging tight for the iPhone 16 but still rocking your trusty old iPhone whatever, be it the 15 or 15 Pro, there’s no rush—you’re not missing out on too much just yet....

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A Huge Freshwater Aquifer In Southern Africa Is Under Threat From Uranium Mining

[Image: Wikicomons] A massive freshwater aquifer the size of Austria is under threat after the Namibian government awarded uranium prospecting licences to several mining companies sniffing around the...

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Why Only Asking AI For Answers Is Not A Good Idea

[Image: here] Gone are the days when we took some time to search for something on Google and then scrolled around across varying sources to find an answer. Now it’s far too tempting to simply ask the...

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Coral Bleaching On Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Reaches ‘Catastrophic’ Levels

[Image: FMT] A new study has found that record ocean warming levels have taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. According to the study,...

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Succulent Poaching: How The Rise In Illegal Trade Is Pushing ‘Green Diamonds’...

[Image: Martin Heigan/ Flickr] South Africa has seen a significant increase in the poaching of over 1.5 million succulents, which are home to one-third of all known species. Over 45% of these species...

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