For the next several weeks, Juneau-Douglas High School science teacher John Smith will focus on the Southeast Alaska Regional Science Fair, an annual rite of passage for many aspiring scientists.

By Vivian Attwood Residents at the multibillion-rand gated Mount Edgecombe Estate have been rocked by the mysterious death of a prominent socialite - often referred to as Durban's own Marilyn Monroe - whose naked body was found in the swimming pool of her luxury home.

By Elisabeth Govender A distraught Verulam father was inconsolable after he received news that his five-year-old son, Diego-Al Moodley, had burned to death in an explosion in Ingogo, 30km from Newcastle, last Tuesday.

Juneau students at colleges across the world report the science they learned from Juneau-Douglas High School science teacher Jon Smith, who places them at the head of their classes.

Reduced neutral invertase activity in the culm tissues of transgenic sugarcane plants results in a decrease in respiration and sucrose cycling and an increase in the sucrose to hexose ratio Debra Rossouw A , Jens Kossmann A , Frederik C. Botha A , B , C and Jan-Hendrik Groenewald Institute for Plant Biotechnology, Stellenbosch University, Private ...

Growing up in Alaska's villages used to mean an automatic trip to boarding school after 8th grade.

MAZDA3 MPS: Nothing else on the road looks like it and few other cars go like it - but it's a four-door so great for quick school runs.

University of Alaska Anchorage Professor Herb Schroeder speaks with Nicole Pingayak, of Chevak and a student from Mount Edgecombe High School, during a summer program that aims to entice young students from rural Alaska communities to take more of an interest in engineering, science and math.

As we observe National Heritage Week, we continue a series by the Institute of Jamaica, which highlights the heritage of communities across Jamaica.

By Juggie Naran A 62-year-old Tongaat grandmother who was to participate in a Diwali lamp dance on Friday was one of five family members killed in a head-on collision on Thursday.

Perumal Naidoo, 50, allegedly a key player in a ring smuggling heroin and hashish to the UK, appeared for the first time in court yesterday.

"There will be more arrests," Senior Superintendent Deven Naicker, the Organised Crime Unit's head of narcotics, said today.

By Nompumelelo Magwaza Six people have been arrested and about R600-million worth of hashish and heroin was seized at two locations in Durban on Monday in what is said to be the country's biggest drug bust.

The judges have been scouring the suburbs to look for the city's top ten bunny-chow outlets and bunny-chow connoisseurs have been voting for their favourites.