MG’s #Science Voices: Is lightning’s ‘blast’ as bad as its strike?
How close does a person have to be to a lightning strike to be at risk? How far does this pressure blast wave extend? Ryan Blumenthal,...
Category : M&G’s Science Voices
Science Voices was a SPECIAL REPORT published in the Mail & Guardian in August 2014. The idea was to give young South African scientists an opportunity to showcase their research and discoveries. Read more from Sarah Wild, science editor at the M&G: http://mg.co.za/article/2014-08-15-making-science-sexy-for-everyone. Every week starting in September 2014, we republish one of the stories featured in the report. You can read all the stories at M&G now: http://mg.co.za/tag/science-voices
#Science Voices: A new ready-to-eat twist on old grains
by AdminBraai
A locally produced nutritious ready-to-eat composite meal produced from locally available indigenous grains using non-traditional low cost processing methods could be a possible solution to...
Save indigenous Zulu sheep and you save rural farmers
by AdminBraai
Zulu sheep are valuable to farmers because of their ability to brace the harsh environment in the KwaZulu-Natal region, writes Thembinkosi “Mnqobi” Xulu, a MSc candidate...
Science Voices: Meatless Mondays might be harmful in SA
by AdminBraai
Is skipping out on a meaty meal to save the environment doing more harm than good? Nicolette Hall, a PhD candidate at the University of Pretoria,...
Science Voices: Astrophysical jets in distant galaxy could teach us physics
by AdminBraai
In the dark and cold chasm of space, huge jets of charged particles erupt around a super-massive black hole, writes Arvind Ramessur, a MSc candidate at the...
SCIENCE VOICES: Finding ways to prevent cricket injuries
by AdminBraai
Pace bowlers are at particular risk of sustaining injuries, writes Benita Olivier, a PhD candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand. There is a great...
SCIENCE VOICES: ‘Insect farming’ a possible industry for rural communities
by AdminBraai
For some southern African communities, stinkbugs are a culinary delicacy, writes Cathy Dzerefos in an article that forms part of the Mail & Guardian’s Science Voices...
SCIENCE VOICES: The sleeping pill that wakes up damaged brains
by AdminBraai
Between our love for contact sports and our shocking road traffic injury figures, South Africans are at the troubling end of head trauma statistics, writes...
SCIENCE VOICES: Is life at its heart a quantum problem?
by AdminBraai
Can quantum biology help us to understand what distinguishes a bunch of molecules from a living organism? By Adriana Marais, a PhD candidate at the University...