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By Leah Crane An artist’s impression of exoplanets around the nearby red dwarf star GJ 887Mark Garlick Just 11 light years away from Earth a pair of hot, rocky worlds orbit a small, red star that is unusually calm. The fact that these objects are so nearby – in cosmic terms – makes them relatively easy…

A staff taxi transporting teachers has been shot at in Bruyns Hill in KwaZulu-Natal. One dead, three critically wounded and seven in a state of shock after Masijabule staff taxi transporting teachers was shot at.The shooting took place at Bruyns Hill in Wartburg.Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu is at the scene.The driver of a school staff…

Police Alet Pretorius, Gallo Images Three Durban cops have been arrested and charged with corruption and theft.The trio from Sydenham SAPS allegedly seized R24 000 worth of liquor.They also demanded a R20 000 "release fee".  Three Durban police officers have been arrested for corruption and theft after allegedly stealing confiscated alcohol and demanding a release fee…

Three Indian soldiers have been killed in a "violent face-off" on the Chinese border, the Indian army said on Tuesday following weeks of rising tensions and the deployment of thousands of extra troops from both sides.Brawls and face-offs flare on a fairly regular basis between the two nuclear-armed giants over their 3 500-kilometre frontier, which…

By Michael Le Page Sickle cell disease can distort red blood cellsStocktrek Images, Inc/Alamy Two people with beta thalassaemia and one with sickle cell disease no longer require blood transfusions, which are normally used to treat severe forms of these inherited diseases, after their bone marrow stem cells were gene-edited with CRISPR. Result of the…