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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
Mustard and the bees of the Taj
 A
natural scientist ponders the bees at one of the Seven Wonders of
the world arguing how bees are inextricably linked to the
fortunes of mustard farmers and their quest for gold.
The science behind swine flu
 As
the immediate fears around swine flu subside, we take a look at how
the virus works, how it is transmitted, simple preventative measures
and how drugs can be used to help.
Alternative fuels on the wrong path
 A
scientist argues that biofuels have been mispromoted as a salvation
to our energy woes - more practical, tried and tested solutions.
'Just follow the pink elephant'.
Plague of fascinating moths
 The
Eastern Cape of SA is in the grip of a massive outbreak of moths.
Once a source of fascination for Darwin, residents and farmers have
a love hate relation with these fascinating visitors.
Insight & Opinion
Have we passed
 peak
clever?
We take a look into the future of our global intelligence market and find
that we may have passed Peak Clever.
New theories on mass extinction of
 species
Did volatile halogenated gases from giant salt lakes at the end of
the Permian Age lead to a mass extinction of species?
In
search of a golden cure-all: gene
 therapy.
Gene therapy has the potential to eliminate the root causes of certain diseases
by repairing or modifying the patient’s genetic code.
Conservation
Get involved in citizen science
 Have
you ever wished you could be a research scientist helping to
conserve our wildlife, but you don’t have a formal degree or any
scientific training? Get involved from birds to butterflies and
more.
Uganda's fight against rising temperatures
Climate change, drought, crop losses, malaria and rising
temperatures paint a grim picture for one of Africa's model
countries.
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In this Issue
 
Swine flu and
your curry. How the rush for antiviral tamiflu medication dents world star
anise supplies.
Turning banana waste into fuel in Rwanda. Scientists develop simple
methods of producing banana briquettes that could be burnt for cooking and
heating.
Scientists in Ghana are using DNA "barcoding" - examining a small fraction
of an organism's DNA sequence - for identifying menacing mosquitoes.
Scientists revise earlier findings, now showing that three recent African
trials support male circumcision for reducing the risk of contracting HIV in
heterosexual men.
African Journals OnLine (AJOL) launches new full-text website - making
African scholarly research available to the world.
Environment
Tilapia fish species to monitor water for pollution by chemicals which cause
hormonal and thyroid imbalances.
Worldwide increases in osmium levels may be linked to platinum based
catalytic converters ironically used to limit lead use in fuels.
Rwanda is to develop an integrated
gas-extraction and electricity-generation facility at Lake Kivu to
neutralise the "killer lake" while generating power.
Africa's swine flu responsei
In Africa there are so many diseases with similar symptoms researchers
worry they may not be able to identify cases rapidly enough
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Does
South Africa, the country with the
most resources in Africa have adequate supplies of antiviral drugs?
West African regional organisations and governments gearing up to cope in
case of an outbreak.
In East Africa most people in the region do not have access even to basic
health care and many die from preventable diseases.
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