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This Month's Features
 Quagga to roam again
The quagga may be extinct, but some of its genes survive
today. Will the quagga 'roam' again with rebreeding efforts?
Business class or economy?
 Scientists
show that the chances of developing deep vein thrombosis may have more
to do with your genes than the class of your air ticket.
Jellyfish for dinner -  conservation
alert
Conservationists say that now we have eaten the big fish,
we are eating down the marine food web. What next on your plate?
 Dr,
please pass the leech
Maggots
and leeches, bugs and parasites are making a comeback into modern
medicine.
Palaeo and Archaeo News
Discovery of largest dinosaur
 You
never know what you may uncover when you open a box - you may find
evidence of the world's largest dinosaur!
Toumaļ continues to mesmerise
 Scientists
continue to probe Toumaļ's secrets, the hominid skull found in Chad.
What new insight does he bring into hominid origins?
Insight into Cape Town 300 yrs ago
 Archaeologists
are uncovering a massive unmarked grave below one of Cape Town's hot
development spots.
Opinion
 Waste!
Is the developing world geared
up for sustainable markets and facilities for
reprocessing recyclables?
Ethiopia
- famine and poverty
What can be done to prevent future cycles of famine and
poverty in Ethiopia? Governance? Science?
Technology
Breakthrough
in biometric replay
Latest discovery means
you may now safely send biometric
tokens such as fingerprints over the Internet without being
intercepted.
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In this Issue
It's official! Teenagers need more sleep say scientists. The rest of you -
wake up!
Health
South Africans will soon be getting a bit more out of their sandwiches as
fortified products hit the shelves.
Latest technology in curbing disease spread by needlestick injuries.
Introducing NeedleZAP.
Biotech News
Morocco's olive industry gets a boost - from harvest to value added
products to waste disposal.
Over 6 months ago Zambia rejected GM Foods and now unveils its
National Biosafety and Biotechnology Strategy Plan.
South Africa launches its third government - funded Biotechnology
Regional Innovation Centre, Cape Biotech
Ethiopia - oldest known skulls of
modern humans unearthed.
Triumph for conservation as Senegal bans
quarrying in forest conservation areas.
Education
Turn on your radio! African science
journalists train in the art of communicating science.
Cyberkids - this month
prepare for a trip up Africa with Granny!
Funding/Jobs
Calls for applications and
nominations.
National innovation competitions.
Get your innovation listed in hot new SA book.
Science jobs/ research posts in biological
sciences and more.
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