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This Month's Features
Roan antelope 200
 First
described 200 years ago one of the most beautiful of antelopes is also
now one Africa's most endangered.
Mermaid or manatee?
 Believed
to be the mythical "Mami Water" spirit, the West African manatee faces
an uncertain future.
Mangroves and tsunamis
 Healthy
mangrove forests could have resulted in less destruction and suffering
caused by the recent tsunami disaster.
Crocodiles of the Okavango
 Scientists
turn their attention to saving the Nile Crocodile in the fragile
ecosystem of Africa's most beautiful oasis.
Insight
The Human Psyche and AIDS
 Do
men and women react differently when they are diagnosed with HIV/
AIDS? Implications for health care workers.
Running makes us human
 Scientists
say endurance running let us evolve to look the way we do. The ability
to run shaped our anatomy.
Opinion
 Pay
makes the scientists stay
Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni explains why African nations should
invest heavily in science and calls for better incentives for African
based scientists.
TB:
"running out of breath"
MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines urges a radical
rethink of the
global approach to the disease.
Events
International Microbiology Seminar.
International Biotechnology Seminar.
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In this Issue
"Masonja", the lucrative multimillion Rand mopane worm
industry may be in trouble.
Somalia: Post Tsunami. Entire villages wiped out by the waves struggle
to recover.
Sarcasm and the brain. Scientists link certain personality types to
people's ability to identify a sarcastic remark.
SA scientists revolutionary design allows neurosurgeons to pinpoint
fine structures in the brain during surgery.
A proportion of pneumonia in children is
not caused by a virus, but by a bacterium. Hopes for treatment.
AIDS Focus
HIV research shows that mothers with a specific type of genetic makeup may
be less likely to pass HIV to their offspring.
Setback for Swaziland AIDS control as prominent traditional leader
condemns ARV drugs.
If
you are in Gabon, your taxi driver may surprise you with leaflets on safe
sex - and free condoms.
Tired of the "same old" AIDS messages, activists call for a
revision of outdated AIDS messages.
With
falling ARV prices, the rollout of these drugs in Africa seems achievable,
but can it work?
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