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iPeni lasolwandle (Sea pens)

Sibusiso BiyelaDecember 1, 2023December 1, 2023
by Sibusiso BiyelaDecember 1, 2023December 1, 20230
Ungase uzibuze ukuthi kubukeka kanjani ngaphansi kolwandle, mhlawumbe kunezitshalo njengalo...
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Technology & Computer Science

The UWC student who takes a closer look at crime scenes

Engela DuvenageOctober 1, 2023October 1, 2023
October 1, 2023October 1, 20230
Mfundo Maneli is a computer scientist on a mission to help South African forensic investigators to better “read” and understand...
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Science Today

Dr. Keneiloe “Bones” Molopyane: Unveiling Ancient Human Mysteries in South Africa

Sibusiso BiyelaJuly 23, 2023July 25, 2023
July 23, 2023July 25, 20230
    It is a remarkable time for Dr. Keneiloe Molopyane, whose expertise as an archaeologist and biological anthropologist has...
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Agriculture

Van musiek tot melkstalle

Engela DuvenageApril 10, 2023
April 10, 20230
Die eerste Suid-Afrikaanse studie oor die invloed wat klassieke musiek op beeste se welstand en melkproduksie het, het op ‘n...
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Portraits from the Pandemic: a mathematician’s artistic perspective

AdminBraaiDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022
December 2, 2022December 2, 20220
For those of us still dealing with intense anxiety and burnout after the COVID-19 pandemic, the quaint watercolour-painted characters in...
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Health & Medical

Min soet oor SA se soutbeleid

Engela DuvenageAugust 3, 2022August 4, 2022
August 3, 2022August 4, 20220
Maandagaand 21:05 – My lus vir souttjippies kry die oorhand. Teen my beterwete gaan haal ek die pak wat na die...
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YouTube Video VVVpSzdRd1oyU0hiVHhxcDNuUmxjTnhRLkV0NURXeGdEQ0M4 It is a remarkable time for Dr. Keneiloe Molopyane, whose expertise as an archaeologist and biological anthropologist has led her to the forefront of scientific discoveries surrounding Homo naledi, an ancient human ancestor raising questions about what makes us human.

Read more on this topic in this article https://bit.ly/HomoNalediBurials, and find more stories like this one on scibraai.co.za.

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It is a remarkable time for Dr. Keneiloe Molopyane, whose expertise as an archaeologist and biological anthropologist has led her to the forefront of scientific discoveries surrounding Homo naledi, an ancient human ancestor raising questions about what makes us human.

Read more on this topic in this article https://bit.ly/HomoNalediBurials, and find more stories like this one on scibraai.co.za.

#Homonaled #science #nationalgeographic #LeeBerger #anthropology #paleoanthropology

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All original words & media by scibraai.co.za are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at scibraai.co.za. Where images and material are supplied by rights holders outside of SciBraai, original publishing licences are indicated and unaffected.
For more information on CC in South Africa or to implement a CC license for your site, contact Kelsey Wiens (@bella_velo), Creative Commons Lead for SA.
Dr. Keneiloe “Bones” Molopyane: Unveiling Ancient Secrets Buried with Homo naledi
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Sibusiso Biyela spoke on uKhozi FM, the Zulu language radio station, on the Sunday morning of 12 September about his efforts in translating science terms into isiZulu.

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Some dinosaurs breathe similar to birds, and others more like crocodiles. That is what South African paleontologist Viktor Radermacher found out when he studied the turkey-sized fossil of a Heterodontosaurus. It was found in 2009 in the Northeastern Cape near the hamlet of Rossouw by Dr Billy de Klerk of the Albany Museum.

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A new Heterodontosaurus specimen elucidates the unique ventilatory macroevolution of ornithischian dinosaurs, Viktor J Radermacher (2021) (https://elifesciences.org/articles/66036)

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All uncredited video and images, and artwork were provided by Viktor J Radermacher

Ornithischia Diversity - Daderot, Jeremy Knight, Cherrysweetdeal, Kevin Walsh, Sebastian Bergmann, Agsftw

Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen "SUE" on display at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois - Evolutionnumber9

Apatosaurus louisae, Carnegie Museum - Tadek Kurpaski

How dinosaurs breathe (Figure 39 03 01ab.jpg) - CNX OpenStax

The interviewer is Engela Duvenage. Sibusiso Biyela edited the video.
Not all dinosaurs breathe the same
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SciBraai reporter, Sibusiso Biyela, speaks to DJ Sbari Wosuku on Nongoma FM about the origins of humans and the scientific evidence scientists use to tell the story of our evolution. Using isiZulu, Sibusiso weaves the story of our evolution while answering thorny questions about religion and tries new ways to explain the science using a South African indigenous language.

#DecolonizingScience #SciBraai #Science #SouthAfrica
#ShisaSayensi: Human origins in isiZulu
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Researchers at Wits University have revealed the results of their multi-year research into 200 million-year-old dinosaur eggs. The scientists used a powerful X-ray technology to create new 3D scans of a baby dinosaur skull.

Source: Wits University (http://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2020/2020-04/dinosaur-easter-eggs-reveal-their-contents-in-3d.html)
X-rays reveal 200 million-year-old dino secrets
YouTube Video VVVpSzdRd1oyU0hiVHhxcDNuUmxjTnhRLmEtSk9sd29VMHhr
Five South African students were selected to attend the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany. They are among 200 computer scientists and mathematicians from 60 countries. The meeting brings together young researchers with laureates of some of  the world's leading awards in mathematics and computer science.
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YouTube Video VVVpSzdRd1oyU0hiVHhxcDNuUmxjTnhRLkd3V2JpWG82cWFF
South Africa's #MeerKAT radio telescope has discovered giant bubbles at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, where a supermassive blackhole resides! No other telescope in the world has ever seen them until now! #meerkatbubbles #milkyway #centreofthemilkyway

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