Environment 16 September 2020 By Donna Lu The hairs on a giant Australian stinging tree leaf (Dendrocnide excelsa)Nature Picture Library / Alamy Australia may be notorious for its venomous animals, such as snakes and jellyfish, but the country is also home to dangerous plants. Some produce toxins that look very similar at the molecular level…
Spar supermarket senior employees William Viljoen, Hannes Terblanche and security guard Obi Nortjé. Nomvelo Chalumbira, News24 Police forensic experts have not yet collected forensic evidence from a crime scene where two men were assaulted.One of the two victims died in hospital after the attack on 14 August. Detective Sergeant Charles Mokwena told the court he was…
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool No entry signs stand outside a coronavirus walk-in test centre in Leicester, UKDarren Staples/Bloomberg via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 16 September UK government expected to shift priority away from community…
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Twitter Inc on Wednesday labeled a video shared by US President Donald Trump of Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden as "manipulated media."The video, which appeared to show Biden playing rap group NWA's song, "Fuck tha Police," now displays a warning that links to collated tweets showing the actual event, where…
Health 16 September 2020 By Adam Vaughan A burial taking place in a cemetery in Manaus, BrazilMichael Dantas/AFP Via Getty Images IT BEGAN on 9 January. In a hospital in Wuhan, China, a 61-year-old man became the first person on the planet confirmed to have died from a new coronavirus. At the time, scientists didn’t…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…