Featured Bob and Mary Scholes: from climate change to transformative change
Bob and Mary Scholes had – almost by accident, they say – given themselves just the right grounding to play an important part in growing...
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Who are the big names in South African science?
by AdminBraai
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...
Better get used to this heat
by Anina Mumm
When the maximum temperature approaches 36 degrees around 2pm in Jozi, I’m like, screw this, I’m done; let’s pick it up after dark. And then...
Fracking out in the open at last
by Sarah Wild
A team of researchers has R12.5-million and two years to consider the effect of fracking for shale gas on the Karoo. The strategic environmental assessment...
Helping ecosystems adapt to a changing world
by Anina Mumm
Dr Sally Archibald has dabbled in mathematics, languages, zoology and botany, even trying her hand at journalism. Her path to ecosystem researcher was hence not...