By Leah Crane All eyes on VenusJAXA / ISAS / Akatsuki Project Team This is a preview of Launchpad, our free weekly newsletter in which resident space expert Leah Crane fills you in on on all the very latest news on our exploration of our solar system – and beyond. Welcome to this week’s Launchpad,…
By Adam Vaughan More realistic representation of clouds and aerosols seems to explain why a new generation of climate models indicate the world is more sensitive to rising CO2 levelsJohn Gilbey / Alamy Climate scientists have been trying to work out why new computer models have begun projecting a potentially much hotter future as CO2…
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…