Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

With the amount of education resources online expanding at warp speed, figuring out which sites are high quality—and truly useful—is quite a challenge. Fortunately, the folks over at Mashable have separated the wheat from the chaff for us with their just-released list of 100-plus online resources that are transforming education. To make it easy to…

It is official. The Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Woordfees (Wordfest) is the most popular arts festival in South Africa! This announcement was recently made at a prestigious event at the Artscape in Cape Town where the SU Woordfees won the kykNET Fiesta popularity prize. The winner of this prize is chosen by the public via SMS.

Engineering students from the University of Cape Town recently launched two rockets at OTB, Denel’s multi-purpose test range near Bredasdorp in the Western Cape. The students built electronic payloads which were installed in the rockets, to make video recordings of the flights as well as flight performance data for the rockets.

The 17 Varsity College UNISA BCompt (Bachelor of Accounting) 2011 first year Thuthuka bursary students’ excellent results – 113 distinctions at the end of 2011 – shows just how hard work, dedication and determination pays off. Three students achieved 11 out of 12 distinctions, two achieved 10 out of 12 and one 8 out of…

Potchefstroom – Not only does the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus dispose of one of the country’s foremost “green ambassadors”, but also now a panel member in the scientific and technical advisory panel for the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Thinking of making that last trip to the dentist? Better do it soon. That’s because once you’ve graduated from university or hit a certain age (anywhere from 18-25), you can no longer claim any benefits under your parents’ healthcare insurance. Other procedures that students lose out when they graduate include prescription medicaine and eye care,…

South Africans have been called on to emulate former President Nelson Mandela’s life by participating in this year’s Nelson Mandela Day. South Africans should embrace the noble values of selflessness, compassion, generosity and love by dedicating their time doing something good for their communities.

SA has more than 75 percent of the world’s known platinum group metal reserves, and the global emergence of the hydrogen economy will see demand for these resources increase, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said.

TWO Rhodes University law students scooped the top award at an African moot court competition held in Benin last week. Ingrid Cloete and Fausto Di Palma were the overall winners of the 19th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, held in Cotonou.

Sir David Attenborough, renowned broadcaster, writer and naturalist, described his Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture at UCT on 13 April as the fulfilment of a promise made long ago.