#SciBraaiSides 25 May 2014
Did you know that up to 19 million cigarettes are sold illegally in South Africa per day? Or that the stem-wilter might just be the...
Tag : HIV
Testing for anti-HIV drugs – one indigenous plant at a time
An indigenous grey-leaved shrub called poplar helichrysum has helped medical plant scientist Dr Heino Heyman to develop a technique that speeds up the sifting process...
#SciBraaiSides 28 March 2014
Dish up some sides with your Friday afternoon SciBraai: From Grahamstown’s trees and a study on what ex-combatants think, to drinking ginger when pregnant and...
Caught by the SciBraai Eye
07 March 2014: Fresh off the SciBraai grill: a different kind of green card, Fairtrade in the South African context, herbal remedies for skin conditions and...
Caught by the SciBraai Eye
28 February 2014: This week the Scibraai Eye focus is on South Africa’s youth: how girls from different ethnic backgrounds think about their bodies, and...
Nature may hold key to HIV treatment, but only through rigorous research
In episode 2 of The Science Inside, we looked at the ARV shortages that continually plague South Africa’s public health system, some of the myths...
Ed Rybicki on vanity, viziers and viruses
by Paul Kennedy
Professor Ed Rybicki cuts an unexpected figure with his Hawaiian shirt, mop of grey hair and ever-present iPad. His eyes miss nothing though, revealing a...
Baby, make those genes talk
by Sarah Wild
You will respond to medication differently to the person sitting next to you. A friend of a different race may be more susceptible to diabetes...