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National SET Week 5 - 10 May
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Searching for other earths, war and the
environment, fog-harvesting, enzyme mining, heart disease test kits
and more in this month's edition. Visit Jobs
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This Month's Features
The search for other  earths
15
years ago we knew of one solar system. Our own. Now we know of dozens
more. But what about other Earths, like our own?
 Fog
harvesting for water
Far away from water, and thirsty. Simply follow the Namib beetle. Collect
the fog. A mini industry harvesting fog for water takes off.
 Bone
chemistry and history
What can science tell us about slavery: using bone
chemistry to identify slave history at the Cape. Tropical or grassland?
 Test
kits for heart disease
Gene testing for inherited diseases is a reality. Design of a
cost-effective test kit to spot inherited heart disease.
Conservation
 The
honey badger
Conserving "the most fearless animal in the world". Badger
friendly campaign targets the meanest animal in the world.
 Breathing
underwater
Imagine eating your vegetables underwater and not drowning? Meet the
expert at work: the longhorn leaf beetle.
 Mining
enzymes
The search for novel enzymes from the "extremophiles".
Bacteria hard at work cleaning the environment under extreme
conditions.
Opinion
 Tackling
a universal issue
Following on from the debates on the virgin rape theory,
experts explore the long term neurological and developmental effects
of sexual abuse on infant children.
Education, IK and globalisation
Rewriting education for African realities - developing a
model for the systematic integration of indigenous knowledge into
formal and semi-formal education.
Home-based
herbal business
Medicinal
plants - an outline
of the basic requirements for small scale, sustainable cultivation and processing
techniques for rural communities. Part 6.
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Threats to the environment posed by war in Iraq. Lessons from the Gulf
War.
A few nails and a yard of wire. Teaching science in a "lab"
without a lab in Mozambique
Scientist proposes gene therapy to engineer an immunity protein against
HIV
Reversing the trend: the size of Lake Chad has gone from 30,000 km2
to 3,000 km2 in 40 years
Flying focus at this year's Sasol Scifest,
celebrating 100 years of flight.
Fat facts: get off the diet; some fats are vitally important for health
Fishy deals on fishing quotas in West Africa.
Who wins ultimately?
Lowering cowpea crop losses in West Africa by
viral infection of parasites
Competition
Win at
Sasol Scifest. Quiz for scholars, Rhodes scholarships up for grabs.
Education
-Teaching evolution in schools "not a
priority". What's your say?
- 55 - 60% of 1st year of post matric job
seekers
have never touched a keyboard
Boost for science journalism in Nigeria with
3 new facilities.
Cyberkids - this month learn about Rockart
and the Bushmen
Organisation of the Month - World Association
of Industrial and Technological Research Organisation
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