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Wednesday 12/December/2018 14:36 PM

Betting on dystopia

With the price of Bitcoin down 80 per cent from its peak a year ago, and the larger cryptocurrency market in systemic collapse, has “peak crypto”...

Tuesday 11/December/2018 14:45 PM

Building Africa’s scientific talent

Ten years ago, South African physicist Neil Turok made a bold prediction: the world’s next Einstein will be from Africa. A decade later, it is worth...

Tuesday 11/December/2018 14:42 PM

Is fake news here to stay?

The term “fake news” has become an epithet that US President Donald Trump attaches to any unfavourable story. But it is also an analytical term that...

Monday 10/December/2018 15:23 PM

Climate action trumps Trump

Now is not a good time to be a climate-change denier like US President Donald Trump, given all the recent evidence that the atmosphere is warming faster...

Monday 10/December/2018 14:40 PM

Are China’s trade practices really unfair?

The temporary truce reached by US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the just-concluded G20 meeting in Buenos Aires should...