At around 3,600 metres above sea level, in a place where no roads go, scientists found the exotic prehistoric world new to science.
A tiny little wobble from a particle called a muon could potentially shake the foundations of everything we think we know.
The problem of pollution may have found a possible solution. Marine microbiologists have discovered an organism that lives in waste plastic. With the literal tons of plastic waste floating in the ocean, this could be key to finding a way to biodegrade plastic.
South Africa is a pretty awesome place. Where else in the world could a new life form be discovered in a truck stop wall, for instance? The green guy to my left is called a Mantophasmatodes. He has a face similar to a praying mantis and a body similar to a stick insect.