University fire engineering research shows that fire-resistant paint does not work
Science | 12 October 2020
80% of babies born with the disease are in sub-Saharan Africa
Science | 2 September 2020
By getting high-risk people into care immediately, even if they are not feeling ill, many deaths can be prevented
By Neal David
Science | 31 August 2020
Naming invasive species will help to destroy them, says conservationist
By Sarah Wild
Science | 24 August 2020
It is much more sensible to compare how many people have tested positive this week to last week
By Alex Welte
Science | 20 August 2020
SA team won a Google Earth grant to protect precious floral kingdom
Text by Sarah Wild. Photos by Jasper Slingsby.
Science | 28 July 2020
Regular cleaning with standard household products is sufficient
Science | 6 July 2020
A new study confirms that the âluxury effectâ is real
By Sarah Wild
Science | 23 June 2020
Itâs a useful but much misunderstood concept for explaining the course of the epidemic
By Max Price
Science | 19 May 2020
This may be little comfort to people facing hunger or crippling job losses because of the lockdown, but air pollution is nevertheless a major global killer
By Tony Carnie
Science | 8 May 2020
And it contains elementary errors
Science | 13 April 2020
Home-made masks can help protect us from the virus
By Heather Zar
Science | 10 April 2020
We explain confirmed cases, death rates and more
By Marcus Low and Nathan Geffen
Science | 8 April 2020
We debunk nonsense being spread about the pandemic
Science | 6 April 2020
Researchers estimate deaths based on Chinese and Italian data. But we can take action to stop the worst outcomes
Science | 29 March 2020
Thereâs a lot more going on behind the scenes in the testing labs than most patients realise
By Fatima Khan
Science | 25 March 2020