Between science and society: Northern Cape communities struggle with the telescope in their backyards
“Will the SKA affect pregnancies in the area?” The question comes in Afrikaans, in a rough voice belonging to someone who has lived a much...
Tag : Northern Cape
World reaches for the stars in SA
by Sarah Wild
Scientists say the Northern Cape is the perfect place for radio astronomy, with its low rainfall and clear skies making it a “radio quiet” site....
Kalahari’s social spiders know how to share the workload
Are you going to the Kalahari Desert or Northern Cape during the coming holidays? Then look out for the colonies of Stegodyphus dumicola social spiders – you...