Space 16 September 2020 By Leah Crane BepiColombo is set to pass by Venus in October, where it may help confirm recent potential signs of lifeESA/ATG medialab A spacecraft bound for Mercury may be able to take crucial measurements that could help us confirm potential signs of life seen on Venus. On 14 September, a…
South African Police Service. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) According to police, the 20-year-old student was last seen with her "new boyfriend" on 29 August. The boyfriend reportedly killed himself on 31 August. Meanwhile, police were also searching for a teenager who went missing after being sent home from school after he was involved in a…
Lunamandla Sithonga has been missing since 9 July.The WCED says it received a report indicating there is no record of her arriving at school that day.According to her mother, Lunamandla never stayed away from school.It has been almost two weeks since 12-year-old Lunamandla Sithonga left for school and went missing.Western Cape police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso…
A 12-year-old girl from Khayelitsha has been missing for four days.She was last seen by a scholar transport driver when he dropped her off at the gates of the school she attends.Search parties took to the streets of Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha over the weekend.A 12-year-old girl, who disappeared in Cape Town last Thursday, has…
LONDON — Poop doesn’t lie.That’s why scientists are looking at sewers running under the world’s cities and towns for information they hope will help to stem the spread of the coronavirus.Sewers are treasure troves of information, containing genetic material of COVID-19 shed by those with the virus in their fecal matter — even if they…
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The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended granting marketing authorization for Moderna’s new RNA-based vaccine, mNexspike, for preventing COVID-19 in people aged 12 years or older. The vaccine was approved in May 2025 by the US FDA for individuals aged 65 years or older or aged 12-64 years
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