Crowdsourcing to understand DNA
What do the DNA in Australian seaweed, Amazon River water, tropical plants, and forest soil all have in common? Lots, say scientists.
Is it a car … or a tablet?
Everyone knows that Tesla Motors doesn’t do things the same way as other automakers, but its latest model operates more like a tablet than a traditional car.
Siding Spring hurls past Mars
Satellites observing Mars took shelter behind the Red Planet yesterday (19 October 2014) while observing a close comet flyby. Comet C/2013 A1, also known as comet Siding Spring, passed within about 139 500km of Mars – less than half the distance between Earth...
All change for MEA handsets
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) handset market grew to its largest size in ten quarters in Q2 2014, expanding 27% year on year to total 64-million units. The latest insights from global advisory and consulting services firm International Data Corporation (IDC) show...
African development must come from within
Africa is growing at a steady rate and is on the path to long-term sustainable growth, but the resources required for this must come from generating financial resources within its own economies and not aid. Speakers at the ECA’s Ninth African Development Forum agreed...