In tough times young mice take things slow
When the going gets tough, the young slow down and the old keep going. That’s what happens to African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) in times...
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Monday Menu: Bottled water and human rights
Have you ever thought about the fact that bottled water might be having an impact on one of man’s most basic human rights – access...
Monday Menu: What happens when athletes have to quit?
So what happens to former elite athletes once they become too old to chase their Olympic dreams, or have to retire because of forced injuries?...
MeerKAT science: First Light
MeerKAT science: First Light THE MEERKAT radio telescope opened its eyes for the very first time last month and with the science being done, produced...
Coconuts can give nesting terns the edge
When it comes to the breeding success of common white terns, “artificial” seems to be better than “natural”. This is the results from a study...
Monday menu: are SA youngsters up to date with the ABC’s of abortion?
So how much do South African youngsters know about abortion legislation, and what it all entails? Most know that it is legal to get an...
Monday Menu: WCape students and their waterpipes
Is waterpipe smoking a “passing fad” among young people, and especially students, or is it the start of a different strain of the tobacco epidemic?...
City living = stress for African lesser bushbabies
by AdminBraai
Mostly a loner, the African lesser bushbaby feeds on insects, supplementing its diet with sugar-rich gum of the acacia tree, as well as fruits. When...
Night-time shots shed light on what works after 2010 FIFA World Cup in SA
German economics researchers used satellite photographs taken at night to calculate the economic impact of the large-scale building of infrastructure ahead of the 2010...
Oh rats! What can we learn about our health from cooldrink studies?
A group of Stellenbosch University physiologists and a researcher from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology tested what happens when rats drank a sugar-sweetened beverage...