Science and Technolgy.The Square Kilometre Array.Divide and rule.The world's biggest astronomy project is split between Africa and Australasia. That gives South Africa, in particular, a chance to show its scientific mettle.THE reputation of physics as the queen of sciences is reflected in the amount of money that governments are willing to spend on it.The Large Hadron Collider, Europe's latest particle smasher, cost around $9 billion and took a decade to build.But, just occasionally, other fields get to play with some big, taxpayer-funded kit of their own, too.On May 25th it was the astronomers' turn in the limelight.After months of deliberation, the SKA's funding nations announced their decision: that the telescope would be split, and both groups would host a bit of it.In astronomy, as in particle physics, bigger kit is better kit.A larger telescope can gather fainter signals and produce sharper images.
