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coronavirus cases were reported in Cape May County Wednesday.The county also said that as the number of testing locations has increased, and that the rate of positive test has decreased - to 2.5% for the week of May 17 to May 23.During that time, the county had 65 positive results from the 2,174 tests conducted.“Our…

By Michael Marshall DNA may have mixed with RNA to produce the first life on EarthRICHARD KAIL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Key building blocks of DNA and RNA can be made from the same raw materials. This finding suggests that instead of one or the other kick-starting life on Earth, both chemicals were involved in the first…

The landmark judgment on Tuesday by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria reining in a state which started out with the support of most South Africans in resisting the spread of the coronavirus, sets out the thrust of its arguments with a lengthy quote by former US attorney general Robert Kennedy.In his famous "ripple of…

There is no tradition in South Africa of presidents addressing regular, unscripted and unsanitised press conferences. In many democracies across the world, heads of state regularly engage with the press. This they do as part of convention and tradition which recognises that answering ad hoc questions in a formalised manner serves to enhance and strengthen…

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