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Design An Anti-Poaching Drone And Win $25,000
Technology Can you and four friends figure out how to catch poachers on the cheap? Poachers tend to operate in places that are difficult to reach and far from law enforcement. For countries that want...
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The World's Only Galloping Insect Runs Like A Race Horse In Slow-Mo
Science One genus of South African dung beetle traded flying for a ridiculous-looking run. Most insects walk with an ambling, tripod gait, keeping at least three legs on the ground while the others...
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This African Fish Can Catch and Eat Flying Birds
Science There were rumors that the African tigerfish could catch and eat flying birds, but it hadn't been proven until now. Birds sometimes eat fish. This we know. In my mind's eye I can picture a...
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In 2013, A Record Number of Rhinos Were Poached in South Africa
Science An average of nearly three rhinos killed per day A total of 1,004 rhinos were illegally killed in South Africa in 2013, according to the country's department of environmental affairs. That...
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South Africa's New AHRLAC Fighter Is A Drone Alternative
Technology Maybe people are more cost-effective than robots. Powered by a pusher propeller, covered in pixel camouflage, and furnished with stadium-seating for its two crew members, the Advanced High...
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What My Mother Learned from Einstein
Science How a young woman's correspondence with the Nobel laureate changed her life forever In 1946, my mother, Myfanwy, was 16 and going to school in Cape Town, South Africa, when she wrote a letter...
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New Species On Human Family Tree Discovered In Ancient Mass Grave
Science Homo naledi had small brains but human-like traits, upending the fossil record In September of 2013, two cave explorers, on a routine exploration in South Africa happened upon a collection of...
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Boeing Will Arm South Africa's Weird Plane
Military AHRLAC and loaded South Africa’s AHRLAC is a weird bird. With a narrow, high body, and stadium seating for the pilot and sensor operator, it looks like a rough draft for an F-4 phantom.
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South African Court Legalizes Rhino Horn Trade
Animals Some claim it could help conservation The South African Court of Appeals decision has effectively legalized the controversial practice. International trade remains illegal.
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Debate Swells Over EU's Plan To Allow Some Ivory Trade
Animals The global ban on ivory could get a few exemptions A new proposal from the European Union would only support an international ban on ivory with exceptions.
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