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*2003 World Summit Award recognition
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Winner of the NSTF Award for Science
Winner of the Highway Africa New Media award
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This Month's Features
 An
evolutionary spin on invasions
 Introducing
a species to an alien environment can have devastating consequences.
Scientists take an evolutionary spin on these invasions.
Predicting
 miscarriages
In a far reaching study scientists announce discovery of an early
warning 'predictor' for pregnant women who may have miscarriages.
Early human evolution
 The
most extensive study of mitochondrial DNA shows early human
populations evolved separately for 100,000 years.
Climate
change witness
 If
you have noticed plants blooming earlier, birds arriving earlier than
spring, these are likely all signs of human- caused climate
change.
Food
Understanding and Containing Food
Price
What role can agricultural research play in containing Global Food Price Inflation
Saving the cure
It is well known that there are plants that save lives; the
question is who saves these plants from over- exploitation, habitat
loss and a host of other threats.
Making
food work
New book takes a long hard look at what is wrong with the global food
system and to find ways to make it work better
Environment
Arctic climate change evidence
Severe acceleration of arctic sea ice prompts scientists to question
whether the so-called tipping point is reached.
Google climate change
Interested to see how climate change could affect the planet and its
people over the next century. Just google it.
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In this Issue
Better-educated women are a healthier
weight, new research reveals while men have higher body mass the more
educated they are.
Ancient 'Nutcracker Man' challenges ideas on the evolution of human diet.
Research identifies best drug combination
for patients starting HIV therapy for the first time.
Blood pressure killing the world's workers while banks and drug firms
stand idle.
African crops
Preparing SA's farmers with a range of options to help them prepare for a
water-scarce future.
With the food crunch Kenya launches massive programme to aid small scale
farmers.
Scientists discovery leads to control of witchweed potentially saving
farmers an estimated US$ 7 billion.
African farmers gaining access to disease-resistant, 'upland'
rice varieties
Technology
Invention kickstarts farmers. KickStart inventors receive acclaim
for their irrigation product the MoneyMaker Hip Pump, now in widespread use
across Africa.
Undergraduate
students develop 'dirt-powered' microbial fuel cells to light Africa
Education
Merck
Biosciences Roadshow and Young Scientist Award launched.
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