From ‘super-recognisers’ to the ‘face blind’ – how tests reveal the underlying cognitive processes: 'Have we met?' Actor Brad Pitt thinks he is faceblind. Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock The ability to recognise faces is important in many different real life contexts and fundamental to our social relationships and interactions. It allows us to identify people we care …
Killer whales taking food from fishing lines reveal something intriguing about human evolution: Who would go off to try and catch a fish if a sushi buffet had been laid on? Not me. Nor killer whales, according to new research that vividly illustrates the allure for these animals of the easy pickings provided by longline …
Rhino horn consumers reveal why a legal trade alone won’t save rhinos: Rhino horn is coveted for rumoured medicinal properties and as a status symbol. Amit/GettyImages Demand for rhino horn in Asian markets, especially Vietnam and China, has pushed the remaining rhino populations to the brink of extinction. In the past decade, nearly 10,000 rhinos …
Afghanistan: Taliban plans for suicide brigade reveal changing nature of warfare in 21st century: The Taliban recently announced it will establish a battalion of suicide attackers as part of the national army of Afghanistan. These “martyrdom brigades” will be “under the control of the ministry of defence and will be used for special operations,” according …
Reveal your source code with Jinja2 and Git: I’m a huge fan of open source. One of the little ways I’ve supported the cause is by keeping my personal blog site open from the very beginning. I do this partly to let people see the history of changes behind each page. But I also do …
James Webb Space Telescope: what astronomers hope it will reveal about the beginning of the universe – podcast: Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock The gigantic James Webb Space Telescope is undergoing its final tests ahead of the launch scheduled for late December. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to two astronomers about the telescope …
Nasa: imminent asteroid missions could reveal our origins – and help save Earth from deadly strike: DART will change the orbit of a moon around an asteroid. Nasa Asteroids are remnants of the early Solar System, with the potential to reveal secrets of our planet’s origins. But they could also bring an end to life …
South Africa in the news: Nations reveal ransomware pain at US-led summit: A digital “disaster” in Germany, growing attacks in the United Arab Emirates and even Israel announcing a blitz underway: nations disclosed their struggle Wednesday against cyber-extortionists at a …: “South Africa” – BingNews While Haiti weeps, whither black solidarity? – Part 2: Although …
South Africa in the news: Team India’s T20 World Cup Jersey: When And How To Watch Reveal On October 13?: Team India’s official kit sponsors, MPL Sports, will be revealing the Indian squad’s official T20 World Cup jersey at 2:00 PM IST on Wednesday, October 13.: “South Africa” – BingNews How teams stack up for …
Chang’e-5 samples reveal Moon rocks dating back less than 2 billion years – the youngest we’ve seen: taffpixture/Shutterstock Lava was still flowing on the surface of the Moon 1.97 billion years ago – and now we have the rocks to prove it. This is the result of new work from an international collaboration of planetary …
Fossil tracks and trunk marks reveal signs of ancient elephants on South Africa’s coast: New fossil evidence reveals more about how African bush elephants' ancient ancestors moved about a South African landscape. Gunter Nuyts/Shutterstock Hundreds of thousands of years ago, South Africa’s Cape south coast looked very different. Some of the species that roamed this …
I listened to animals’ hearts to reveal their hidden emotional worlds: Tom Wang/Shutterstock It’s not only humans who feel emotions. In his 1872 book, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin described a range of “innate” and “evolved” emotions in dogs, cats, chimpanzees, swans and other non-human animals. But animals can’t …
South Africa in the news: DA urges Eskom CEO to reveal true state of SA’s electricity grid: The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on Eskom CEO, Andre De Ruyter to reveal the true state of South Africa’s electricity grid.: “South Africa” – BingNews Health experts urge govt to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations as infections soar: …
Plastic pollution: scientists track a cargo spill from New York to Norway, reveal how currents disperse harmful substances: m.mphoto/Shutterstock The blocking of the Suez Canal in March by a megaship named Ever Given delayed over 200 vessels laden with thousands of containers, serving as a reminder of the scale of the shipping industry and the …
South Africa in the news: IPL 2021 Suspended Highlights: Mumbai Indians Reveal Travel Plans to Send Back Contingent Home Safely: Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday announced their travel plans even as BCCI is trying to contain the fallout of IPL 2021 suspension.: “South Africa” – BingNews Warren Gatland relishing the prospect of …
What triangular patterns on rocks may reveal about human ancestors: The larger of the two triangular geometric features (scale bar = 10 cm.) Charles Helm The Pleistocene epoch, which started 2.6 million years ago and lasted until about 11,700 years ago, was crucially important for our hominin ancestors. Homo sapiens first evolved in this era, …
A culture of silence and stigma around emotions dominates policing, officer diaries reveal: When you are a police officer, your emotions have to be hidden or pushed down. Officers work hard to detach themselves from their emotions as a way to cope in a culture that has an expectation of silence in the face of …
What a possible new breakthrough at Cern could reveal about the structure of the universe: Cern's LHCb experiment has spotted more evidence of an anomaly in the standard model of physics. © 2018-2021 CERN This is a transcript of Episode 9 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, A new force of nature? The inside story of …