Nov 25, 2020
Around the world, the Covid-19 pandemic has driven a change in people’s perception of science – and overcoming the barriers to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is going to be key. Every year 3M conducts the State of Science...
Nov 24, 2020
New emerging market tech challengers have already grown into powerful forces in technology and other industries, with their impact felt in their home markets, regionally, and internationally. These organisations have generally weathered the Covid-19 crisis well, with...
Nov 23, 2020
Covid-19 has reorganised the risk landscape for chief audit executives (CAEs), with IT governance now listed as the top risk for 2021, according to Gartner. Analysts said the pandemic is giving rise to new sets of risks while exacerbating long-standing...
Nov 20, 2020
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, space- and ground-based observations have shown that Earth’s atmosphere has seen signifycant reductions in some air pollutants. However, scientists wanted to know how much of that decline can be attributed to changes in human...
Nov 19, 2020
Artificially dimming the sun by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere could help reduce the likelihood of “Day Zero” level droughts in Cape Town by as much as 90% in the future. This is the word from University of Cape Town (UCT)...
Nov 18, 2020
South Africa’s energy sector remains one of the most coal-dependent and largest per capita polluters in the G20 despite being at greater risk of climate-related impacts. This is according to the latest report from Climate Transparency International that cautions...
