20 Things To Know About SA’s Research Infrastructure Roadmap
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New app for small-scale fishing industry
by AdminBraai
A free app – co-developed by academics, government, civil society and fishing communities – will be the lynchpin in the government’s efforts to launch and...
The murky morality of biobanking
by AdminBraai
Human tissue could be a medical game changer, but thorny ethical roadblocks must be navigated, writes Sarah Wild of the Mail & Guardian. Biobanks are...
Who’s who in Johannesburg’s zoo
by Sarah Wild
Maintaining a zoo is not only a balancing act, it contributes importantly to the world we live in. There’s a science factor to it too,...
Race ‘science’ resurfaces but not all is black and white
by Sarah Wild
Sarah Wild of the Mail and Guardian interviewed Gavin Evans, a former South African journalist. He tackles the notion that intelligence is skin deep in his new book,Black...
South Africa’s Antarctic history is being unfrozen in time
by Sarah Wild
Used as a gateway to the world’s southernmost continent since the 18th century, South Africa has been actively involved in scientific research in Antarctica and...
iShack delivers power (and television) to the people
by Sarah Wild
If you are poor and living in an informal settlement in South Africa, housing is a waiting game – if you qualify, that is. According...
Hermanus, the eye of the sunstorm
by Sarah Wild
There’s more to the coastal town of Hermanus than just whale watching. There’s some serious sun watching to be had too, writes Sarah Wild in...
Eight ways to fix our water woes
by Sarah Wild
The South African water crisis is a complex series of interlocking problems that preclude a silver-bullet solution. Each water system is unique, with different geographies,...
What price a peek at the galaxy?
by Sarah Wild
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) scientists and engineers are at this moment trying to predict what the world will look like in 2020. More than 350...