[LISTEN] The Science Inside Family episode
It’s Family Day on The Science Inside radio show, presented by the Wits Radio Academy. Your family’s genes may be why you hate coriander leaves....
Tag : South African science
Explainer: What’s behind the rabies outbreak in SA?
by AdminBraai
In the last four months five cases of rabies in humans have been reported in South Africa, and an additional two cases are probable. The country’s National...
Whiskers tell what’s on a lion’s menu
World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3 March. This year the spotlight falls on the world’s big cats. New research by South African researchers have...
Bernie Fanaroff brought SA the world’s largest telescope
Dr Bernie Fanaroff did his PhD because of his interest in physics – and in the process developed a way to classify very distant radio...
[LISTEN] The Science Inside show about listeriosis and fake medicine
by AdminBraai
South Africa is facing the world’s biggest recorded outbreak of listeriosis. This week’s The Science Inside Radio Show finds out why this food-borne disease is...
Jill Farrant: resurrection (plant) woman
Prof Jill Farrant’s life merges with water. To be more specific, she’s occupied by the ability of a rare few so-called resurrection plants to seemingly...
Kobus Eloff: Jack-of-all-trades achieves success
by AdminBraai
Twenty years ago, when the Academy of Science of South Africa was established, Jacobus (Kobus) Nicolaas Eloff, then already in his mid-fifties, was invited, as...
George Ellis: the down-to-earth cosmologist
by AdminBraai
For somebody who has spent much of his time thinking about the structure of the universe, Professor George Ellis is remarkably down-to-earth. Over the past...
George Ekama: saving SA precious water
by AdminBraai
Clean water is a basic human requirement, but in an arid country like South Africa keeping it flowing, can be a challenge. Professor George Ekama...
[LISTEN] The Science Inside’s Water Crisis episode
by AdminBraai
The water crisis in the Western Cape continues to worsen, as dam levels are at around 30%. The Science Inside radio show recently looked at...