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Sunday, June 8, 2025

The more you drink, the more people become attractive -Research fogs up old beer goggles theory

During the randomised study the men were given cranberry juice cocktails with enough alcohol to make them legally drunk.

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Shaun Smillie|Published

Gated communities - Complex call for BEE services as government sends community schemes warning

The government has warned that community schemes like gated communities must use BEE service providers or be legally forced to do so.

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Wendy Jasson Da Costa and Shaun Smillie|Published

New research provides interesting insights into birds during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown

The research found that there was a significant increase in the frequency of bird related searches in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Saturday Star News
Shaun Smillie|Published

Senzo Meyiwa murder case: Mthokozisi Thwala’s grilling continues as Kelly Khumalo faces more possible concert cancellations

Khumalo’s woes continues with two concert organisers stating that they didn’t want her to be part of the line up.

Saturday Star News
Shaun Smillie|Published

Lauren Dickason: ‘SA Killer mom’ ‘sick’ of being bad parent, court hears

The High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, heard testimony about Dickason’s mental state.

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Shaun Smillie|Published

Fears of violence grows following Jacob Zuma’s jail ruling

The nation’s mood is tense after the Constitutional Court ruled that Jacob Zuma should not have been granted medical parole.

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Wendy Jasson Da Costa , Duncan Guy and Shaun Smillie|Published

Cyclone watch: Supercomputer models weather calamity as climate change worsens

The R110 million project will be co-led by Wits, the University of Bristol in the UK, and Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique.

Saturday Star News
Shaun Smillie and Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

LOOK: On the run - here are SA’s most wanted women

They have left a trail of victims who are still desperately trying to piece their lives together.

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Shaun Smillie and Genevieve Serra|Published

Hunters and gatherers - research findings on the role women had on hunting

Women are not confined to the usual male hunting norms, the researchers have found.

Saturday Star News
Shaun Smillie|Published

Rat-a-tat: Joburg’s super rodent plague as residents forced to deploy new initiatives

Residents are fighting back with new initiatives that they hope will get Jozi’s rat problem under control.

Saturday Star News
Shaun Smillie|Published

Invasion of super-rats

Vermin rodents are not only increasing in numbers, they also appear to be growing immune to normal prevention measures.

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Shaun Smillie and Duncan Guy|Published

New study provides insights into how animals in South Africa explored during the Covid-19 lockdown

The researchers found that in locations such as South Africa animals were travelling on average 73% further than they had in the previous year.

Saturday Star News
Shaun Smillie|Published

UK coaxes SA teachers with R245 000 to relocate

South African teachers are being lured to the UK with international relocation payments.

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Norman Cloete , Baldwin Ndaba , Karishma Dipa , Sameer Naik and Shaun Smillie|Published

Plan to eradicate mice to save birds on Marion Island

With more mice on the island, the rodent species experiences extreme food scarcity in winter forcing them to turn to their new prey.

Saturday Star News
Shaun Smillie|Published

The most universal expression of love has been cleared of wrongdoing: Research debunks myths on kissing

It is not just humans that engage in kissing, our closest relatives do too.

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Shaun Smillie|Published

Scientists hit La Niña jackpot as source of unusual weather phenomena tracked

La Niña, or the “little girl”, brings wetter conditions to some countries and is caused by the cooling of parts of the Pacific ocean.

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Shaun Smillie|Published

Russia arms claim a ‘Spectacular own goal’

South Africa stands to lose heavily should relations with the US sour further, say analysts.

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Duncan Guy , Wendy Jasson Da Costa and Shaun Smillie|Published

The South Africans involved in King Charles III’s coronation

Some to play pivotal part in the ceremony that dates back 1 200 years.

Saturday Star News
Shaun Smillie|Published

Sudan crisis: Scores of South African attempt to flee as they find themselves caught in the middle of the conflict

77 South Africans caught in the middle of the fighting between the Sudanese army and The Rapid Support Forces have felt over the last two weeks.

Saturday Star News
Genevieve Serra and Shaun Smillie|Published

South African cheetah’s death in India sparks concerns

The South African male cheetah named Uday died on Sunday after he was found unwell in his enclosure in central India’s Kuno National Park.

Saturday Star News
Shaun Smillie|Published

Feathers of South African bird may inspire super absorbent materials

The male Namaqua sandgrouse ferries water back to his thirsty chicks by holding it in its feathers.

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Shaun Smillie|Published

Murdered botanists planned to meet a BBC TV crew before their untimely deaths, court hears

The trio, who have suspected ISIS terrorist links, have pleaded not guilty to all charges.

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Shaun Smillie|Published

Tracing Africa’s ancient copper trade routes

Tracing these trade routes came down to scouring museum collections across the region looking for copper artefacts.

Saturday Star News
Shaun Smillie|Published