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The Wild Horses of the Overberg
The mention of wild horses conjures up images of mustangs running unbridled on the dusty plains of the American West;
04.2025 | Adrian Ephraim
Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of a dino-killing asteroid
Love them or loathe them, there is now new information that suggests that snakes have an even more intriguing origin story than previously thought.
The ancestors of the modern snake may have been among the few reptiles to survive the giant asteroid catastrophe that erased dinosaurs from the face of the Earth at the end of the Cretaceous – a period in time that began 145 million years ago and ended 66 million years ago.
12.2017 | Denise Slabbert
How rudeness leads to Anchoring in life and death situations
We’ve seen it all too often. A rush of blood to the head, a moment of insanity, an “emotional” decision taken through the spoken word, or an action that can never be taken back.
01.2024 | Adrian Ephraim
The future of flight technology
The delicately beautiful butterfly finds itself at the centre of new research which reveals a secret hiding in plain sight that could influence the future of flying technology.
02.2023 | Adrian Ephraim
The origin of the African jackal traced back 5 million years to the West Coast of SA
The discovery of fossils from a new species of canid, on the West Coast of South Africa, has unearthed the African origins of the crafty jackal - tracing its history on the continent back 5 million years ago.
07.2022 | Adrian Ephraim