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*2003 World Summit Award recognition
*2003 Winner of the Highway Africa New Media award
* 2002 Winner of the
NSTF Award for Science
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Good food, million year old barbecues,
conservation, technology and more in this edition. Visit Jobs
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This Month's Features
Pass the curry please!
 Turmeric,
the bright yellow spice used in Eastern cooking is good for your
health. SA scientists show why.
 The
oldest barbecue
New discovery provides evidence of the controlled use of
fire more than 1 million years ago.
Fighting diabetes with herbal tea
 Three
indigenous plants in southern Africa hold a key to reducing blood
sugar and tackling insulin resistance.
Conservation
Refine your vulture culture
 Vultures:
There is much more to know about these lofty scavengers, their
sociable ways and the dangers they face...
Travels of an eel
 Eels
- through oceans, estuaries and freshwater habitats. So many links, so
easy to break. Effective education.
The business of living
 Meet
the trapdoor spiders, famed for their silk-lined burrows complete with
emergency exits, hinged trapdoors and careful camouflage.
Opinion
 Are
sporting rifles firearms?
This article argues that current legislation on sporting rifles poses
a threat to the environment and humans.
Climate
change - no real concern
Going against the flow of global opinion climate change, a
scientist argues that the beneficial consequences of increased global
warming will be greater than the adverse effects.
Insight
War and science
Central Africa uses science to recover from war. The science initiative
launched by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) steps
in.
Strong medicine for women scientists
South African awards for women scientists are creating walking,
talking role models for young women. Profiling women scientists.
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In this Issue
Postgraduate training fellowships for women scientists.
Genetically modified and allergenic food to be labelled in South
Africa. "Your right to know."
Angola bans genetically modified seed in a bid to protect plant diversity.
Can we believe our memories? The use of photographs as memory cues for
"recovery" called into question.
Technology in print. From small photographs to giant murals.
Introducing PanelMatrix.
Study reveals coverage of science in the
South African press is insufficient: less than 2% of editorial space on
science to science.
Good news for chocolate lovers. Cocoa industry to be revived in
Nigeria.
Southern Africans witness another stellar event this April 19 with a
partial solar eclipse.
Scientists do battle with bacterial wilt which withers healthy banana
plants and prematurely ripens fruits.
With € 32 million,15 European and African countries join
forces for vaccines to stop tuberculosis.
Northern Republic of Congo seriously threatened by bush yaws, a contagious
tropical disease.
Education/Funding/
Competition
Relaunch of African journals online. Free
access to contents and and abstracts from over 175 African-published
peer-reviewed journals.
Deadline looms for funding to cover the
expense of scientists' publishing research in an open-access journal
SABC
Education provides 30,000 free resource packs for schools to boost
teaching in human biology and conservation
Cyberkids: join the Science Granny for some
travelling tales this month.
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