Doctors and nurses are standing up against the continuing deterioration of South Africa’s public healthcare system, warning that crumbling infrastructure, critical staff shortages and medical supply s...

People say they’ve been secretly filmed in their own home, at concerts and at work. Are the wildly popular smartglasses the final nail in the coffin of personal privacy?

The Constitutional Court has delivered a significant blow to Shell and Impact Africa's Wild Coast exploration plans, setting aside their exploration right. The court found that thousands of affected c...

A major review of current mitigation strategies to prevent bird and bat collisions with wind turbines concludes that future wildlife-safe wind energy will depend on smarter, combined approaches that b...

Authorities are investigating a worrying trend of pelagic fish mortality along the West Coast, with sardines being the most affected species.

DISH's bankruptcy will impact many landowners with cell tower leases. Find out how and what you should do to file a claim.

By Tim McLaughlin July 22 (Reuters) - A massive amount of data center power abruptly disconnected from the largest U.S. electric grid on Wednesday, causing a voltage disturbance that could be felt

Cognitive research is showing that device screens are affecting reading ability among pupils, and teachers overseas are concerned about it. However, South Africa continues to push for the use of elect...

South Africa is preparing to send seeds from its indigenous rooibos plant to the International Space Station in October, placing one of the country’s most recognisable agricultural products at the cen...

Since 2008, rules requiring ships to slow down to avoid collisions with North Atlantic right whales have reduced fatalities of the critically endangered animals. Now, NOAA is calling the regulations…

The American Astronomical Society responds to the Federal Communications Commission's recent approval of Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 mission.

Higher temperatures can cause radio, TV and microwave signals to travel hundreds of miles farther, upsetting communications

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US officials and diplomats and their families began reporting a mysterious illness a decade ago.

The FCC says the most controversial aspect of Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 satellite, its giant mirror, falls outside its authority since the regulator mainly focuses on radio spectrum.

We should all be concerned about a proposed move towards a more ‘flexible’ environmental impact assessment system in South Africa.…

A UK coroner has warned of possible future deaths unless changes are made to how critical GP information is carried forward to a hospital assessment.1 The prevention of future deaths report was issue...

Whitepaper: Outcomes of the AIRL Working Group, urgent short-term research priorities including measurement campaigns to fill knowledge gaps. Spaceflight activities have expanded at an unprecedented r...

A global analysis reveals sharp rises in early-onset Parkinson’s disease among younger adults, exposing widening geographic and sex-based disparities while pointing to environmental clues that require deeper investigation. Study: Global regional and national burden and trends of early-onset Parkinson’s disease from 1990 to 2021. Image Credit: Lightspring / Shutterstock In a recent 'Article in Press' study published in the journal npj Parkinson’s Disease, researchers collated and analyzed global, regional, and national data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021, covering 1990 to 2021, to evaluate trends in the burden of early-onset Parkinson’s disease (EOPD) among people aged 20 to 49 years across these geographical scales. Study findings identified significant increases in incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) across the three decades under investigation, revealing that the global burden of EOPD has more than doubled over this period. The study further elucidates distinct geographic hotspots in EOPD incidence, an expanding gender gap indicating higher estimated burden among males, and a moderate country-level association with regional agricultural pesticide use, underscoring the need for additional research and targeted public health interventions to better understand and reduce the disease burden across regions. Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative...