Mitologie en wetenskap vat hande
Die kunsprojek waarin inheemse mitologie en verhale oor die kosmos hande vat met die wetenskap, open vandeesweek in die Moederstad. Die internasionale Square Kilometre Array-projek...
Category : Human & Social
IBM research lab to work with the cool kids
by Sarah Wild
Multinational research company IBM announced on Friday that it will be opening a research laboratory, in collaboration with the University of Witwatersrand, in the Tshimologong...
February Events – some sense about string theory
by AdminBraai
SciBraai is excited to be promoting local science-, technology- and innovation-related events in the Mother City. This month, these events get to grips with one of...
Eight ways to fix our water woes
by Sarah Wild
The South African water crisis is a complex series of interlocking problems that preclude a silver-bullet solution. Each water system is unique, with different geographies,...
What price a peek at the galaxy?
by Sarah Wild
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) scientists and engineers are at this moment trying to predict what the world will look like in 2020. More than 350...
Mobile lab does cows a service
by Sarah Wild
Gloved hands hold a long syringe. Fluorescent lighting blinks off the white surfaces as Masindi Mphaphathi, an animal researcher at the Agricultural Research Centre, gently...
Renosters se weefsel só bewaar
by Elsabé Brits
Die weefsel van gestroopte renosters lê ’n vrieskas vol en duisende dooies se inligting word gehou in lêers wat rye kaste vol staan. En nuwe...
Bernie Fanaroff searched the stars, but this reticent man remains unknown
by Sarah Wild
By the sounds of it, South Africa stumbled into bidding to host the largest radio telescope in the world. Everyone will tell you that the SKA...
Petrol prices and petrol-free cars
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The next best thing to a time machine
by Sarah Wild
A “man” stands naked in the centre of the studio. In the dim light cast from a lamp on a nearby table, you can see...