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*2003 World Summit Award recognition
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*2003 Winner of the Highway Africa New Media award
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* 2002 Winner of the
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This Month's Features
The science and art of colour
 The
tie between art and science has always been strong. Paint, that simple
product of chemistry is a case in point.
Chimpanzees cooperate, collaborate
 New
study suggests that Chimpanzees cooperate and collaborate when faced
with a task, choosing the best partner to do so.
Eavesdropping in the womb
 Do
human babies develop their preference for speech through in-utero
eavesdropping, or is their attraction to the human voice innate?
Discovery of largest crater in
Sahara
 Discovery
of remnants of the largest crater of the Great Sahara of North Africa,
formed by a meteorite impact tens of millions of years ago.
Environment
Maths of deadly waves
 Mathematics
has a role to play in washing away misconceptions and myths about
these deadly waves - and potentially saving lives.
 A
River Ran Through It
Invasive alien trees not only dry up southern Africa's
rivers, but agriculture, employment and tourism too.
Desertification threat in Congo
 Earth's
other ecological lung after the Amazon rainforest, the Congo River
Basin threatened with desertification.
Insight
 The
cost of extending human life
State-of-the-art anti-aging technologies may extend human
lifespans at an unprecedented rate, bringing with them a host of social and
economic challenges.
Ocean
treasures within reach
Advances in marine geology and deep ocean technology have
combined to make it realistic to go more than two kilometres
underwater for gold and other mineral treasures.
Hydropower
for the people
Hydropower has the potential to contribute to reducing
Africa’s energy poverty, but benefits should accrue to the poor says
report.
Foetal
alcohol syndrome crisis
A dry, dusty town in SA has become the place with the world's highest
incidence of FAS.
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In this Issue
brings hope
Native African vegetables show promise in fighting one of southern
African's biggest challenges - malnutrition.
Avian flu in Africa
As avian flu spreads in the Democratic
Republic of Congo the early casualties include chickens, ducks and a cat.
"It's a government set-up". "It's a white man's
disease". Rumours and misconceptions rife as avian flu hits
Nigeria.
Twelve West African nations have pledged to work together to fight the
deadly H5N1 virus
After confirmation of Egypt’s first
human death from the H5N1 avian virus, the government stepped up awareness
Sasol Scifest
Chemistry triggers a positive reaction. Scientist communicates science
through polymers.
If astronomy is your thing, here are just some of the highlights at
Africa's largest science festival this year.
"Burning" money is just one way to catch people's attention
and communicate science at a shopping mall.
Health
A breakthrough low-cost vaccine for
meningitis, a disease that kills thousands of West Africans every year,
could be in use within three years
Plans to boost African science academies bears fruit through African Science Academy Development Initiative
Books
Ecologically friendly veld management: New book, 'Karoo Veld' makes
sense of science for Karoo farmers.
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