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At an isolated scientific base in Antarctica, a researcher has been accused of assaulting and threatening to murder colleagues.

Science & Energy

Researcher “Threatened to Kill” Colleagues Trapped in Antarctic Base

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an effort to make them useless to poachers, researchers are implanting radioactive isotopes into the horns of rhinos in South Africa.

Science & Energy

Scientists Implant Radioactive Material Into Horn of Living Rhinoceros to Poison Anyone Who Consumes It

By Victor Tangermann

Let it be known that among all the different fields of science, it was astronomers who managed to turn a record-breaking telescope into a ska joke.

Science & Energy

Brilliant Scientists Decide to Name the World’s Largest Telescope “SKA”

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new investigation in the New York Times provides surprising new details about Elon Musk's youth in South Africa under apartheid.

Why Elon Musk Got Bullied In High School

By Jon Christian

The South African scientist who was first to alert the world to the existence of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant believes it may have mutated in people with HIV.

A Disastrous Collision Between COVID and HIV May Have Caused the Omicron Variant

By Noor Al-Sibai

South African officials announced that they detected a new COVID-19 variant — prompting the US to impose travel restrictions on several African nations.

The New COVID Variant Isn’t Just in South Africa, You Idiots

By Tony Ho Tran

Central South African Bank Will Experiment With Bitcoin Regulation

Central South African Bank Will Experiment With Bitcoin Regulation

Scientist Recreate An Animal That Has Been Extinct for 100 Years

Science & Energy

Scientist Recreate An Animal That Has Been Extinct for 100 Years

By June Javelosa