How we spotted a potential new planet around the sun’s neighbouring star: An artist’s rendering of Proxima Centauri planetary system. The newly discovered exoplanet Proxima c is on the right. Lorenzo Santinelli, CC BY-SA Most exoplanets, bodies orbiting stars other than the sun, are too far away for us to be able to send probes …
How the warmer weather affects the air around us: Change is in the air. Most people anticipate the end of winter with the eagerness of a Springbok racing to the tryline. The end of the sniffle season is warmly welcomed, but is the change of season all that good for us? Surprisingly, spring is not …
South Africa’s liberals are failing to wrap their heads around race: Shutterstock South Africa’s official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), is reeling from self-inflicted political damage. Its newly elected parliamentary leader John Steenhuisen recently appealed to his colleagues to “stop the political hara-kiri that’s going on in the DA – pulling out entrails to …
Art: Beauty and Harmony Around the World – a Beauty interest event taking place on 2019-10-11 00:00:00 in United States at Founders Hall Civic Center Way Calabasas United States – Add your South African Event here. Have you tried: Farking?
Academic freedom is under threat around the world – here’s how to defend it: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. shutterstock/Piotr Wawrzyniuk This article is part of a series on academic freedom where leading academics from around the world write on the state of free speech and inquiry in their region. Academic freedom is at the heart …
Why support open source? Strategies from around the world: There are many excellent resources available to teach you how to run an open source project—how to set up the collaboration tools, how to get the community engaged, etc. But there is much less out there about open source strategy; that is, about how to use …
Festival Of Local Music From Around The World – Mestisa – a Africa interest event taking place on 2019-09-27 20:00:00 in United Kingdom Festival Launch: Mestisa Presents “From Chile To Zimbabwe” Three incredible bands to start the ‘World On Our Doorstep’ weekend in style! As part of the World on Our Doorstep Festival Mestisa presents …
Stop that car, and plan cities around bikes to make cycling a real option for more women: Tejvan Pettinger/Flickr, CC BY-ND Growing up in North Germany, cycling was my main means of transport, as would be usual for residents. When I moved to Newcastle, northern England in 1996, I stopped. The clear cycle paths I …
Food system needs a revolution, not tinkering around edges by the ultra-processed producers: Altagracia Art/Shutterstock.com Eating ultra-processed food is definitely bad for you, a recent study has confirmed. In the experiment, people were fed either ultra-processed or unprocessed food, with meals matched precisely for calories, salt, sugar, fat and fibre. Those on ultra-processed food ate …
A ‘Brenda‘ tune selected by www.Free-Mail.co.za: Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree from NOW Christmas Price: USD 1.29 Details about Brenda Lee | Preview Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | More South African iTunes Music. Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?
Love Island: the urge to bare all in public has been around as long as TV itself: A new series of Love Island is upon us and, at this point in the programme’s life, we know what to expect: a group of beautiful young people will spend the summer looking for love – or at …
TV streaming titans are locked into a real-life Game of Thrones – here’s a way around this fight to the death: Let battle commence. Vitalii Petrushenko American retail giant Walmart is becoming the latest challenger to clamber into the ring and take on the reigning TV/movie streaming heavyweights with original material. At a press conference in …
MESS AROUND: A Tribute to Ray Charles featuring Manny Houston – a Music interest event taking place on 2019-04-20 17:00:00 in United States What’d I Say, Hit the Road Jack, Georgia on My Mind, and Mess Around were just a few treasures recorded and performed by Ray Charles. Known as the ‘Genius of Soul,’ Ray …
Leaps Around the Lake 5K Run and 2 Mile Walk at Little Beaver State Park – a Beauty interest event taking place on 2019-04-13 08:00:00 in United States Leaps Around the Lake 5K takes place in beautiful Little Beaver State Park. at Little Beaver State Park 1402 Grandview Road Beaver United States – Add your …
How joking around with your brothers and sisters shapes your sense of humour: Happy days. fizkes/Shutterstock Two siblings are playing on the living room floor. The girl, aged six, looks at her brother, and smiling, sings: “A, B, C, D, E, F – R!” Her older brother, aged seven, grins and joins in with: “H, …
Do some people really want to get HIV? I spoke ‘bug chasers’ around the world to find out: Shutterstock Why would anybody want to get infected with HIV? That is what most people ask when they first hear about “bug chasing”. In fact, a number of gay men, at least online, appear to clamour for …
MAESTRO MANUEL MOLINA PRESENTS “A NIGHT AROUND THE WORLD” – a Culture interest event taking place on 2018-11-03 14:00:00 in United States "A NIGHT AROUND THE WORLD" THIS MUSICAL EVENT FEATURES MORE THAN 20 INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD Every year, Manuel Molina brings together some of the world’s most talented musicians for …
Sing-Along with Sculpture Gather around the piano at Grounds For Sculpture’s Rat’s Restaurant for a Sing-Along with artist and GFS founder, Seward Johnson! Sing beloved Broadway favorites plus standards from the likes of Rodgers, Hammerstein, and more during happy hour and enjoy the picturesque beauty of the 42-acre sculpture park, located just outside Princeton. With …