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A one-week experiment found that minimal phones reduced smartphone and social-media use, but improved wellbeing only among young adults who were already motivated to disconnect. The technology changed behaviour more consistently than it changed how users felt.
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Africa’s giant herbivores may not have disappeared because large species faced unusually high extinction rates. A 23-million-year fossil analysis suggests they produced new species too slowly to replace those lost as the continent became increasingly arid.
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When a company acts on incorrect information, responsibility can become difficult to locate. A new philosophy paper argues that accountability follows the people and roles entrusted with establishing what an organisation treats as true.
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A study of 1,019 young South African adults found that a direct measurement of arterial stiffness identified hypertension patterns more effectively than a composite vascular-health score, although researchers caution that the findings are not yet clinical screening guidelines.
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Leopards remain widely distributed across the Western Cape, but new mapping shows that fragmented landscapes make movement between habitats difficult. The Cape Fold Mountains may provide the most important pathway connecting isolated populations.
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A new eye-tracking system tested on 346 people uses the polarisation of reflected infrared light to reveal features conventional cameras miss, improving difficult gaze-tracking measurements by 10% to 16%.
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A South African study of 968 pregnant women and mothers found that a symptom checker integrated into MomConnect was associated with safer care-seeking decisions, but financial barriers still prevented some women from acting on medical advice.
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South African researchers found microplastics falling from the atmosphere at sharply different rates across urban environments, revealing how air may be helping plastic pollution move between cities, soil and waterways.
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A first-year university student can read every word on a page and still miss what the author is really saying. The difficult part is often hidden between the sentences: recognising an implication, connecting ideas that were never stated directly, or working out what a writer expects the reader to understand without explaining it explicitly. These […]
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Researchers have demonstrated how artificial intelligence can analyse everyday smartphone interactions to identify subtle behavioural changes that may signal the early stages of illness, opening the door to a new generation of preventative digital healthcare.
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