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Insect protein on menu of the future

Alternative food company Exo wants to put cricket powder on par with protein foods such as soy and whey, writes Patrick Clark

Scientists hatch a plan for future superchickens

Humans, by and large, are not ready to welcome genetically modified chickens as part of the food chain, but scientists hold strong counterarguments. Picture: ISTOCK

But the world remains sceptical of genetically modified poultry being used in the human diet

Green innovations rewarded in city start-up competition

Paseka Lesolang won the R1m first prize in the City of Joburg’s Green City Startup competition for his WHC Leak-Less Valve to save water in toilet cisterns. Picture: SUPPLIED

Joburg’s Green City Startup initiative rewards innovators with clever solutions to save water, electricy and the overburdened trolleymen, writes Tom Nevin

Even the smallest nations can benefit from space technology

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Astronauts and scientists say space should not be exclusive domain of big nations and human beings must look after space as much as they do earth

NationBuilder opens gateway to influence

NationBuilder creator and ‘hero engineer’ Jim Gilliam has built a software platform that is attracting electoral campaigners and corporations. Politicians and groups in Africa have also signed up. Picture: SUPPLIED

Digital hub for campaigns has given a novice like Donald Trump access to the sophisticated tools that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney used in 2012, writes Adam Satariano

Communities in drive to clean up the Duzi River

Sewer-access clearers clearing solid waste that blocks the storm water drains along the Duzi River.  Picture: SUPPLIED

River sanitation project sets up green corridor for pollution-infested Duzi River system, writes Heather Dugmore

Some smartphone users are dumbing down to simpler devices

Eddie Redmayne. Picture: AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J BROWN

There is a small but busy market for phones that are simple and cheap at a time when smartphones are becoming ever more complex and expensive


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