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iPeni lasolwandle (Sea pens)

Sibusiso BiyelaDecember 1, 2023December 1, 2023

by Sibusiso BiyelaDecember 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Ungase uzibuze ukuthi kubukeka kanjani ngaphansi kolwandle, mhlawumbe kunezitshalo njengalo mhlaba esiwujwayele? Uma ubheka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, kunezithombe eziningi ezikhombisa umhlabathi, izindawo lapho kuhlala khona amakhulu...

Biology & Evolution Palaeoscience Science Today

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

Sibusiso BiyelaJuly 23, 2023July 25, 2023

by Sibusiso BiyelaJuly 23, 2023July 25, 2023

It is a remarkable time for Dr. Keneiloe Molopyane, whose expertise as an archaeologist and biological anthropologist has led her to the forefront...

Animal Science Biology & Evolution

Minute life: new diatom discovered on sea snakes

Engela DuvenageMay 21, 2022

by Engela DuvenageMay 21, 2022

Your chances of spotting a yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) while boogey boarding or surfing are slim. It is after all the only sea snake...

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Shisa Sayensi: Bacwaninga izakhi zofuzo lwenkomo ukuqeda indlala

Sibusiso BiyelaAugust 18, 2021August 18, 2021

by Sibusiso BiyelaAugust 18, 2021August 18, 2021

USolwazi Este van Marle-Koster, ongusoyayensi wezolimo enNyuvesi yasePitoli, uhola ucwaningo oluzo qopha umlando nolwazi ngezinkomo zase Ningizimu Afrika....

Biology & Evolution

Featured Die panplant: broccoli se nuwe Afrika-niggie

Engela DuvenageSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020

by Engela DuvenageSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020

Vir ‘n kronkelende agterpad is Wessel Swanepoel baie lief, al weet hy goed daar’s gewoonlik ‘n veel korter roete wat tussen Punt A en Punt...

Biology & Evolution

Homo Naledi goes virtual

AdminBraaiNovember 28, 2018

by AdminBraaiNovember 28, 2018

Thanks to funding received from the Royal Society of South Africa, Scibraai will be publishing a few new science stories in the coming months by...

Biology & Evolution Chemistry

From CRISPR to mini “brains”: My Kavli Week Diary

Sibusiso BiyelaNovember 4, 2018November 4, 2018

by Sibusiso BiyelaNovember 4, 2018November 4, 2018

I recently attended the Kavli Prize week of activities around the Kavli Prize 2018 ceremony held in Norway in September 2018. In addition to the...

#LegendsofSouthAfricanScience Biology & Evolution

Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr: a biochemist who believes perceptions can be shifted

AdminBraaiJuly 5, 2018July 5, 2018

by AdminBraaiJuly 5, 2018July 5, 2018

In academia, change often happens slowly. Academics are born into a paradigm and, more often than not, they maintain that paradigm rather than interrogating and...

#SciBraaiScienceSides Biology & Evolution

Jou selfoon-foto’s kan wetenskaplikes help

Engela DuvenageOctober 23, 2017October 23, 2017

by Engela DuvenageOctober 23, 2017October 23, 2017

Iewers in die Villiersdorp-omgewing is daar ‘n kleine naaldekoker wat soos ‘n superheld van kleur kan verander. As die son skyn, lyk die Spesbona angusta...

#LegendsofSouthAfricanScience Biology & Evolution

Sydney Brenner: A Nobel Prize winner’s life dedicated to science

Engela DuvenageOctober 11, 2017October 11, 2017

by Engela DuvenageOctober 11, 2017October 11, 2017

In the more than eight decades that Nobel Laureate, Prof Sydney Brenner, has all-consumingly devoted his life to science, he twice wrote powerful proposals of...