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The centre: African continent holds significant reserves of minerals essential to modern industrial systems,
including cobalt, lithium, platinum, manganese and rare-earth elements.

Africa: The only continent in all four hemispheres; global role still undecided

Its cities are expected to absorb hundreds of millions of new residents in the coming decades, making urban governance, infrastructure planning and service delivery central to…

A mannequin is seen inside a Spacecraft Assembly Facility clean room during a media visit to the NASA Europa Clipper spacecraft at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on April 11, 2024 in Pasadena, California. The spacecraft is scheduled to investigate and perform flybys of Europa, Jupiter’s moon, where data suggests a global ocean of water lies beneath the icy surface which may be habitable for life. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in October. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NASA unveils probe bound for Jupiter’s possibly life-sustaining moon

The mission, planning for which began in the late 1990s, is expected to conclude around 2034

Hard to swallow: Planetary nebula Abell 82, which contains the remains of dying stars.

Star swallows planet in first glimpse of Earth’s probable end

The star, which is similar to the sun, engulfed the planet over a period of around 100 days

Fig 3: Detail Still of Lilahloane by Imameleng Masitha. Courtesy o AVA Gallery
Fig 4: Imameleng Masitha. Courtesy of artist

‘Lilahloane’: Death rites live beyond the grave

A new video installation by Imameleng Masitha at the AVA gallery digs into our rituals to mark mortality and the longing for home soil amid moving and migration

Achieving Earth for all

The changes needed to achieve sustainable well-being for everyone are so big, they require people everywhere to put pressure on governments which must respond or be replaced by it.

The new space race: An image from the launch of the Audible book Artemis: Journey to the Moon. Photo: Ilya S Savenok/Getty Images/Audible

Nokia and Nasa to install 4G on the Moon

Installing a wireless network on the Moon is just one step toward establishing a long-term human presence there

The pulling out of one thread of life makes another one vulnerable, with the tapestry of life meanwhile losing its value. In short, we are increasing life’s vulnerability, while reducing its resilience. (Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)

Threads of life: We have an opportunity to restore vital ecosystems

As the world celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity, we should commit to ensuring the natural world has what it needs to survive

Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners (Photo Archive)

Editorial: Climate control lies with us

‘Earth is the only place within reach that we can live on. The only habitable home’

The beauty of the very best ideas

The beauty of the very best ideas

World’s leading thinkers write on what impresses them — from Darwinism to the concept of ‘deep time’

Earth-like planets discovered outside our solar system

Two newly discovered exoplanets are the first ever detected outside the solar system that are Earth’s size or smaller — but they’re as hot as hell.

Africa awash in sunlight, but not solar energy

From household solar panels to thermal generators, sun power has enjoyed explosive growth around the world. Everywhere, that is, except in Africa.

Astronomers find batch of ‘super-Earths’

European researchers said on Monday they discovered a batch of three ”super-Earths” orbiting a nearby star.