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Portraits from the Pandemic: a mathematician’s artistic perspective

AdminBraaiDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022

by AdminBraaiDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022

For those of us still dealing with intense anxiety and burnout after the COVID-19 pandemic, the quaint watercolour-painted characters in Stellenbosch University maths professor Karin-Therese...

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Talking science communication in Cape Town

AdminBraaiSeptember 6, 2018September 5, 2018

by AdminBraaiSeptember 6, 2018September 5, 2018

Scientists and communicators from across the world and the across the scientific spectrum came together on the 28th of August when ScienceLink hosted their second...

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Who are the big names in South African science?

AdminBraaiNovember 30, 2017November 30, 2017

by AdminBraaiNovember 30, 2017November 30, 2017

Lee Berger (#Homonaledi). Tim Noakes (#banting). Glenda Gray (#MRCpresident). Bob Sholes (#climatechange). Himla Soodyall? Salim Abdool-Karim? Bruce Rubidge? Jill Farrant? Can you place these names, and...

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Meeting the humans behind the Nobel Prize

Paul KennedySeptember 8, 2017

by Paul KennedySeptember 8, 2017

It’s 11.25 on a Tuesday morning, and I’m nervous as hell. In just five minutes, I’ll be sitting down for an interview with Prof Bernard...

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On a Quest for great science stories

Paul KennedyAugust 28, 2015October 3, 2015

by Paul KennedyAugust 28, 2015October 3, 2015

On Saturday 22 August, SciBraai, Code4SA and the International Center for Journalists hosted the first ever science-themed Data Quest, which produced some great potential multimedia science stories. Held at...

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Join the Data Quest to tell science stories with SA data

AdminBraaiAugust 3, 2015August 13, 2015

by AdminBraaiAugust 3, 2015August 13, 2015

SciBraai, Code for South Africa and the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) will host a science journalism DataQuest at Codebridge civic tech lab in Cape...

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Beauty, horror and hope: Dave Pepler tells all

AdminBraaiMay 28, 2015May 29, 2015

by AdminBraaiMay 28, 2015May 29, 2015

Renowned and beloved South African naturalist Dave Pepler shared his life story and views on sharing science in “a divided, but connected” world with a...

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Meet Paul Kennedy

AdminBraaiMay 27, 2015May 27, 2015

by AdminBraaiMay 27, 2015May 27, 2015

Paul is a science communicator at ScienceLink and a volunteer at SciBraai, based in Cape Town (info as at May 2015) My work is all...

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Meet Anina Mumm

AdminBraaiMay 27, 2015May 27, 2015

by AdminBraaiMay 27, 2015May 27, 2015

Anina is a science communication & digital media consultant at ScienceLink & a volunteer at SciBraai, based in from Johannesburg (info as at May 2015). My work...

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Meet Marina Joubert

AdminBraaiMay 27, 2015May 27, 2015

by AdminBraaiMay 27, 2015May 27, 2015

Marina Joubert is a science communication researcher and lecturer at Stellenbosch University (info as at April 2015). What I do: I do research on science...