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Giant armadillo fossil reveals humans were in South America a surprisingly long time ago
CNN.com· 5 hours agoMore than 20,000 years ago in what’s now Argentina, some of the earliest people in the Americas...
Self-fit over-the-counter hearing aids beneficial in long term, says study
Medical Xpress· 5 hours agoFor individuals with mild-to-moderate hearing loss, self-fit over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids...
Common blood-thinning drug neutralises cobra venom
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 6 hours agoMore than 400,000 others develop necrosis...the bite dies and turns black. Cobras account for most bites in parts of Africa and India. And Heparin can...
Crusader treasure unveiled: Medieval altar found in Holy Sepulcher
Catholic News Agency· 6 hours agoResearchers have unearthed a Crusader-era altar in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher in a...
Common blood thinner can be used as cobra venom treatment
Cosmos· 6 hours agoAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), up to 2 million people are envenomed by snakes each year in Asia, while in Africa there are an estimated 435,000 to 580,000 ...
AngloGold Ashanti plc Announces Appointment of Non-Executive Directors
Financial Post· 13 hours agoPrior to this he was a Partner at Webber Wentzel, a leading South African law firm. Mr Cleaver became Chair and a non-executive director of< ...
Why Africa is doubling down on its space ambitions
CNN.com· 15 hours agoAs a child in Ivory Coast, West Africa, Tidiane Ouattara would gather with friends in his village to stargaze. His childhood interest in space never...
How a century-old drug could revolutionise cobra bite treatment
The Conversation· 19 hours agoMany cobras have tissue-damaging venoms that can’t be treated with current antivenoms. Using CRISPR gene-editing technology we learned more about how these venoms attack our cells, and found ...
Olympics: Senegal won silver in 1988 – why it’s never managed to repeat this feat
The Conversation· 19 hours agoSince Senegal first competed in the Olympic Games in 1964, its success has been marked by a single medal, a feat achieved in 1988 by El Hadji Amadou Dia Bâ at the Seoul games. Nalla Socé Fall ...
Wildfires in South Africa are set to increase: how legal action can help the country adapt better to...
The Conversation· 19 hours agoAbout 84% of all human settlements in South Africa are located in fire-dependent ecosystems – places in which natural fires can contribute ...