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By Alan Boyle Archaeologists have found a stunning array of 1,200-year-old Maya paintings in a room that appears to have been a workshop for calendar scribes and priests, with numerical markings on the wall that denote intervals of time well beyond the controversial cycle that runs out this December. For years, prophets of doom have . . . → Read More: Maya calendar workshop documents time beyond 2012 By John Daly| Tue, 08 May 2012 04:46 | 2 The first is the world’s commitment to “traditional” power sources, in which trillions of dollars have been invested – coal, hydrocarbons, and for the past five decades, nuclear. This fixation leave many renewable energy projects starved for investment, though as oil prices continue to rise . . . → Read More: South Africa to use Oceanic Currents for 24/7 Uninterrupted Renewable Energy Rustenburg Herald 11 May 2012 Rustenburg tax payers and consumers have been receiving final demand notices in thousands from a company claiming to represent Rustenburg Local Municipality. They further claim to be enforcing the Credit Control and Debt Collection Policy and By-law of the municipality. Munsolve CC has been trying for months to obtain the . . . → Read More: Does municipality play ball? 
May 5, 2012, Surprising Science The supermoon of March 2011, rising behind the Lincoln Memorial In Washington, DC. Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls This Saturday evening, take a look at the night sky and you might see something special. The moon will make its largest, most stunning appearance of the year—an event known to scientists as . . . → Read More: The Biggest Supermoon in Years is coming Tonight London, England Southern England and Wales were on high flood alert yesterday, with thousands of homes at risk from raging water that has killed a person after the wettest April in over 100 years. Rivers were being closely checked as flood defences held back muddy water from over 25 000 homes, the Environment Agency said. . . . → Read More: Water, water everywhere! 
The fight against malaria has just taken a step backwards. As had been widely reported, new drugs that not so long ago were considered to be the most powerful weapons in the anti-malaria arsenal are fast losing their efficacy. In various parts of southeast Asia, doctors are seeing and increasing resistance among malaria parasites. It . . . → Read More: Malaria: A sinister turn for the worse 
It is well known that the recruitment to and retention of healthcare professionals at rural hospitals is a major challenge in South Africa. Many of them operate continually in crisis mode and are kept going by health professionals doing their one year of community service. One element of the process of getting more healthcare professionals . . . → Read More: Reaching Rural Communities PATRICK HLAHLA Metro Reporter Residents of Tshwane can expect to pay at least 12% more on charges for various municipal services from July 1. Proposed increases are contained in the Tshwane Metro Council’s Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure framework (MTREF) for 2012/2013. It has been proposed that electricity rates, and the cost of electricity and . . . → Read More: Rates, electricity set to rise by 12%, solid waste by as much as 25% |
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