Featured Sibo’s story helps children understand COVID-19
Over the past decade, Sibo, a lovable science-minded book character, has introduced South African children to difficult topics such as malaria, water, space, nanotechnology and...
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Robin Crewe: the complete beekeeper
by AdminBraai
Robin Michael Crewe was born in Johannesburg on 18 February 1946. Growing up on a farm in Mpumalanga, his secondary and tertiary education was undertaken...
Water-dwelling organisms show new ways to harvest light for solar tech
by AdminBraai
What can single-celled diatoms living in water teach us about harvesting light? Alot, says Prof Tjaart Kruger of the University of Pretoria, in this article...
Monday Menu: Bottled water and human rights
Have you ever thought about the fact that bottled water might be having an impact on one of man’s most basic human rights – access...
Shisa Sayensi: Isayensi yeviki (21 June 16)
Nansi isayensi yeviki esuka eNingizimu Afrikha kanye nomhlaba wonke. Izambane kumele libukwe njengesitshalo esiyisimanga Izambane libukeka njengesitshalo esejwayelekile kubantu abaningi. Ungaze ungakuboni ukubaluleka kwalo uma...
Adapted to the Antarctic: a cold-lover’s genetics
First published on up.ac.za Life can thrive in the most extreme climates – from the very hot to the very cold. Something that not long...
Some truths about lightning: when thunder roars, go indoors
by AdminBraai
There are many myths about lightning. Almost all cultures on Earth have their own beliefs about what causes it, writes Ryan Blumenthal, a senior specialist at...
Silent giants unlock story of climate change
by Sarah Wild
Researchers are using baobab trees to learn about climate conditions that prevailed thousands of years ago. Engorged ancient baobab trunks could tell the story of...
Biologists blunt the sting of a tree-killing alien wasp
by Sarah Wild
The Sirex wasp and its deadly passenger have brought the prospect of ruin to the pine industry, but geneticists have a shrewd plan to fight...
See the Bloodhound SSC in Pretoria before record attempt
by AdminBraai
The opportunity to have a close look at a jet-powered car built to clock at 1000 mph (1600 km/h) is not one to miss. You have...