Massive

By Leah Crane The CMS experiment at CERN is studying the Higgs bosonMax Brice/CERN Physicists have spotted the Higgs boson performing a new trick, but one that brings us no closer to understanding the workings of fundamental particles. The Higgs boson, discovered at the CERN particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, in 2012, is the…

A massive manhunt has been launched after awaiting trial prisoners escaped from the Malmesbury Correctional Centre on Friday.An extensive search has been launched by the Department of Correctional Services, together with local police and officers from neighbouring stations on the West Coast, correctional services spokesperson Logan Maistry said.The number of inmates at large is not…

By Michael Marshall Mosasaurs were a type of aquatic lizard that lived between 70 and 66 million years agoDottedZebra/Alamy A dinosaur-era animal laid one of the largest eggs ever, measuring 29 by 20 centimetres. The egg is the second largest ever discovered, only beaten by that of the extinct Madagascan elephant bird. We don’t know…

SA's mining production, which plunged by half in April, is meant to be ramping up as lockdown restrictions ease. Mining companies are heavily reliant on highly skilled migrant workers, who must be transported back to the mines quickly. But due to social distancing regulations, buses are operating at half capacity. For Sibanye Stillwater, the biggest platinum producer, bringing…

Two coronavirus drug research papers that were published recently have been withdrawn by some of the co-authors of the studies, as the validity of the dataset used in the observational trials could not be independently verified. One of the studies said that hydroxychloroquine is actually worse for patients after looking at data from more than…