We are all familiar with the aphorism, “Publish or perish,” challenging academics that unless they publish in reputable journals their […]
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A Paper Every Two Days?
In all areas of scholarly endeavour, the advancement of knowledge is dependent on the publication of original peer-reviewed articles. This […]
Failure of the Next Big Thing
When we think of technology companies like Apple or Google that have emerged from Silicon Valley, we normally associate them […]
Potential of AI to Detect Breast Cancer
On 1 January 2020, Nature published a multi-author paper that demonstrated the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to detect breast […]
Scientific Breakthroughs in 2019
Each year at this time, the magazine Science chooses a major breakthrough, together with nine runners-up. The 2019 Breakthrough of […]
The Future of Healthcare
Over the past three days, the Africa Health Exhibition has taken place in Midrand where over 10,000 people – delegates, speakers, exhibitors […]
New Guidelines Stir Up Controversy
A paper appeared earlier this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine entitled “Screening for breast cancer in average-risk women: a guidance […]
Thinking Outside of the Globe
Since 1980, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has been collaborating with its American counterpart NASA to develop and deploy sophisticated […]
What a Tangled Web We Weave
The poem Marmion was written by Sir Walter Scott and published in 1808. It is a story of lust, forgery, treason and […]
Google Meets Breast Cancer Challenge
Four years ago Google bought a British artificial intelligence (AI) company called DeepMind for half a billion US dollars. The founders studied […]