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In the early 1900s, the Whitney South Sea expedition gathered 40,000 bird specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. The collection is an irreplaceable snapshot of avian diversity in the South Pacific, but is missing key geographic data. To solve this mystery, student researchers dug into field journals to determine where birds from one island came from.

Gogo Zodwa Ivy Dladla is one of the few lucky elderly persons who beat the odds and lived to tell her story.

“The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” says Thami Mtshali, the inventor of Galela immune booster oil. Mtshali (56) was responding to criticism that his concoction has not been tested to verify its effectiveness. But, he told City Press that it had been registered with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this year. The FDA is a body responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, me...

GI Live: Online is a week away, and here is the final schedule of speakers, roundtable sessions and special guests. 60 publishers are set to meet with hundreds of indie developers at the show, via our 1-to-1 meeting system and in a special industry Discord. Tickets cost $50 for developers and publishers (+ VAT), and can be bought here. The event runs Wednesday, April 14th - Friday, April 16th. Speakers include Unity and Nifty Games Peter Moore, Minecraft boss Helen Chiang, IO Interactive head H...

A DEVOTED champion of adult and lifelong learning, Enid Hankins, has died at the age of 70.

These symptoms range from muscle weakness and fatigue, anxiety and depression, to more severe respiratory issues. These long-term effects of the virus are what some scientists are calling long-Covid. However, while this study is one of the first large studies on long-Covid, much remains uncertain about the virus’ lasting impact on the body. “We’re not 100% sure how many people are going to suffer from ongoing symptoms. It’s not the case in all circumstances, but conversely it actually ...

A Chinese cohort study published earlier this month in The Lancet medical journal found that over 75% of patients that were previously hospitalised with Covid-19 had at least one lingering symptom six months later. These symptoms range from muscle weakness and fatigue, anxiety and depression, to more severe respiratory issues. These long-term effects of the virus are what some scientists are calling long Covid. However, while this study is one of the first large studies on long Covid, much r...

The reopening of South African schools for the new academic year has been postponed by two weeks in the wake of rising new covid-19 variant cases.  “All stakeholders were united in supporting a delay in the opening of schools. Given the pressure experienced by the health system in the past weeks due to covid-19, the council of education, ministers in conjunction with NCCC and cabinet has taken a decision to delay the reopening of both public and private schools by two weeks, Deputy Minister o...

The government will need to roll out a mass vaccine education programme, alongside its national programme, to ensure close to 67% of the population is vaccinated.

William Johnstons portrait of David Gardiner Jr. (1762-1763) Walter Griffins “Portrait of a Lady” (ca. 1897). Neither the sitter nor the feathers shes wearing have been identified by the curators. William R. Wheelers "Still Life with Watermelon" (1865) Frederic E. Church, "The Charter Oak at Hartford" (ca. 1846) John Brewster Jr.s "Boy Holding a Book" (ca. 1810) Thomas Cole, Study for “A Wild Scene” (1831) Childe Hassam, "The Dry Northeaster, Isles of Shoals" (1906) Theodore Robinsons "...