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Image: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images Relating to this Quiz Which usually of the subsequent console online games features an internet community included in its gamification of physical fitness? Your Shape Health and fitness The Biggest Loss Challenge “EA Sports Active” is available for that Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 plus …

A Staggering 3.35 Million Cases of Dengue fever Dengue fever is wreaking havoc in the Americas, causing a significant strain on the region. In 2023, the continent has witnessed the highest number of dengue infections in the past five decades, surpassing a staggering 3.35 million cases. Tragically, there have been …

by Elsabé Brits, Daily MaverickSeptember 5, 2021 Read Part One here. It seems that as part of the “Baboons Management Plan” there is a checklist of “offences”, such as entering homes, cars and raiding rubbish bins. Too many offences on a sheet, and it is the end of the road …

ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare. If you’ve ever posted online, you ought to be concerned Shutterstock Uri Gal, University of Sydney ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Within two months of its release it reached 100 million active users, making it the fastest-growing consumer application ever launched. Users are …

by Tony Carnie, Daily MaverickJune 8, 2022 Government Decades Behind Schedule on Mine Pollution There are roughly 6,100 “derelict or ownerless” mines scattered across South Africa, many of which can expose people and the environment to significant harm due to pollution of the air, water and soil. Whether it is …

by Tony Carnie, Daily MaverickJune 15, 2022 Sewage Causes Beach Closures for Top Tourist Destination More than two months after all Durban’s beaches were closed because of the devastating April floods, several sewage treatment works are still kaput – and it could take several months to repair them. Large sections …

by Tiara Walters, Daily MaverickMay 17, 2022 Supergiant oilfields are simmering below the Southern Ocean, the warming waters at the bottom of the Earth that wrap around the melting, icy Antarctic, a litany of Kremlin sources suggest. Despite the 1998 Antarctic mining ban — ratified by Russia and 28 other …

I came across this video clip from the BBC explaining how they check facts before broadcasting or publishing any news item. Below is a transcript of the video. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/61096713 Below is the transcript of this video above No, this video isn’t from Ukraine it’s actually from a video game and …

Thanks to the BBC for posting a historical timeline of the historic events in Ukraine from the 9th Century up to 2020. Even with my Polish roots, I had no idea of the turbid history that Ukraine has been through. A Chronology of Key Events: 9th century – Founding of Kievan …

The great Afrikaans poet and South African playwright NP Van Wyk Louw once wrote a sonnet that described how with his little chisel he had cracked a rock and succeeded in splitting the universe right open. To me that’s always been one of those pictures that sticks in the mind …