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Terror on two wheels
As long as two-wheelers have to share the road with four-wheelers, it’s clear who will come off second best.
Darwin and the chicken’s egg
Darwin showed how natural forces explain the origins of life. This was not a world that needed a divine sculptor.
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A bittersweet remedy
Alternative medicine: What’s the harm in a bit of placebo effect, dressed up as a legitimate remedy?
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Earth rising
Consider how radically an understanding of the heavens has changed; how we view ourselves and our place in the universe.
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Unplugged in the ‘burbs’
The artisans of the world have got the rest of us by the balls, from plumbers to tilers to electricians.
Foraging for a convertible
Ten years after emigrating to the Mother City from the Eastern Cape, I still can’t quite get used to the gulf between the "haves" and the "have nots".
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Robben Island rabbits on the run
Bottom line is: We’ve changed the world around us, sometimes disastrously and irreparably. Someone has to take responsibility for the mess we’ve made.
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Bitter memories made sweet
There’s a dove outside the window. Crwoooo… Or is it a pigeon? I never can tell.
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My cousin’s a chimpanzee
It’s not often that a national monument gets to fast-track that awkward birds-‘n-bees conversation.
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Essop’s climate change
Leonie Joubert chats to former provincial environment minister Tasneem Essop after her sudden departure from politics
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