Talking Points
Green shoots of employment: What if South Africa became a leader in developing green talent?
As countries commit to reducing their carbon emissions, the global market for green talent is expanding rapidly. With an abundance of natural resources and...
Stories
UP vets lead Cambodia’s first elephant tusk removal procedure
A distressed elephant with a fractured tusk is not unfamiliar to Professor Gerhard Steenkamp, a veterinary specialist in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery at...
Talking Points
World Teachers’ Day: AI in science education - Are our teachers ready?
To ensure South Africa and its children are not left behind in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race, we have to start “training” our learners today...
Stories
A leg up on hypertension: UP-Adelaide study reveals why giraffes have long legs
A new study by researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) and the University of Adelaide in Australia has revealed the real function of the giraffe’s long...
Stories
My body for a meal
In South Africa’s underserved communities, adolescence comes with unique challenges. While these years should be about self-discovery and growth, they are too...
Stories
Keep ChatGPT out of court
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into legal systems is transforming the practice of law, offering unprecedented efficiency, accessibility and...
Stories
February 20, 2026
Is there a digital afterlife?
What happens when you die? Some believe in the eternal reincarnation of the spirit until deliverance arrives and the spirit unites with the cosmic energy field...
Stories
February 19, 2026
Green bytes
Our quest for knowledge has led to an alarming insight: it is harming the environment. According to the World Economic Forum, since the release of ChatGPT in...
Stories
Find the truth
A sharpshooter was told not to fire on the suspect in the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Immigrants are eating our pets. COVID-19 vaccines are just a...
Stories
February 19, 2026
From ancient wisdom flows modern water solutions
Highly sophisticated water management techniques of ancient civilisations demonstrate the ingenuity of inhabitants who lived with limited water. It appears we...
Stories
Eavesdropping on emotion: A new way to understand wildlife tourism
The quest to see the Big Five is synonymous with safaris, and the excitement at viewing them is often palpable. Yet new research from the University of Pretoria...
Stories
February 17, 2026
UP-led team detects record-breaking ‘cosmic laser’ halfway across the universe
A groundbreaking study led by the University of Pretoria (UP) has opened a new radio astronomy frontier. Using the MeerKAT radio telescope and strong...
Photos
Close-up of a hydroxyl gigamaser through the lens of MeerKAT
Illustration of the distant galaxy 8 billion light-years away (red), magnified by an unrelated foreground disk galaxy, resulting in a red ring. Splitting up the radio light into different colours, as a prism does, reveals the hydroxyl gigamaser (rainbow-coloured line, top-right). Image credit: Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy
Stories
February 04, 2026
University of Pretoria researchers revolutionise cancer care in global study
What if a simple compound could make chemotherapy hit harder against cancer but go easier on the patient? In a remarkable global collaboration, scientists have...
Stories
January 27, 2026
Extra Time: Keeping football players in the game longer
Football boasts the largest global following of any sport, and while research has focused on players’ injuries while active and when retired, a new study...
RE.SEARCH 13: One Health
The 13th issue of RE.SEARCH magazine (One Health) is available now. The digital versions of this award-winning magazine are interactive and include a host of...
Infographic
Minds matter [Duplicated]
Africa faces immense challenges in neurosurgery, such as severe underfunding, a lack of training positions and a high burden of disease. There is one neurosurgeon per four million people, far below the WHO’s recommendation of one per 200 000. This shortage, compounded by the lack of a central brain tumour registry and limited access to diagnostics, severely impacts patient outcomes.
Stories
November 19, 2025
Better brain health: UP neurosurgeon develops non-invasive, eye-based method to measure intracranial pressure
Paediatric neurosurgeon Professor Llewellyn Padayachy, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Steve Biko Academic Hospital...