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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
Frogs meet their match
 Frogs
may have survived the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years
ago, but their luck is now running out.
Declining wildlife in Masai Mara
 Study
reveals that surges in human settlements near Mara Reserve are
linked with large losses of wildlife that have made Kenya a popular
safari destination
Tracking shark kills in the wild
 Criminal
investigation tool, used to track a connected series of crimes and
locate where serial criminals live, used to examine the hunting
patterns of white sharks in South Africa.
Hairless African sheep to scientists' rescue
 The
newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says “baa”.
Rare sheep from Botswana could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing
world.
Insight & Opinion
What will we be eating in 20 yrs?
 Africa
has less than 20 years to develop a variety of staple grain that
will survive in the climates caused by global warming in most parts
of Africa.
Caretakers of the forests
 It
takes a multidisciplinary team of entomologists,
microbiologists and molecular biologists to protect SA's
multibillion dollar forestry industry.
Wildlife becoming homogenised
 Study
finds that the translocation of game species to stock zoos, nature
reserves, wildlife areas results in the homogenizing of ungulate
diversity globally.
Environment
 Camel
farming to replace crops?
Camel farming could be an option for some 20 million to 35 million
people living on semi-arid land in Africa, who will soon be unable
to grow crops because of climate change
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
Scientists link low IQ with heart disease, stroke and life expectancy.
No longer a numbers game as swine flu spreads inevitably across southern
Africa.
Health
South African scientists have devised a technique that could provide a
quick and easy diagnosis of tuberculosis.
For the first time in nearly half a century, the world may be on the verge
of adding a new drug to its arsenal against tuberculosis (TB).
HIV-positive babies who receive the global standard TB vaccine are at
high risk of contracting this infectious disease.
Researchers have developed a safe
and natural method that could drastically cut aflatoxin contamination in
African food crops by as much as 99 per cent
Misuse use of syringes means that 5 percent of new HIV infections could be
due to syringe re-use.
Conservation
Scientists find whales more endangered in Exxon, BP and Rosneft oil areas
Twelve rhinoceroses are being poached each month in South Africa and
Zimbabwe alone, fuelling Asian demand for rhino horn.
African bird species could struggle to relocate to survive global warming
because natural features of the landscape will limit where they can move.
Books
Six part series of richly illustrated science books for kids - from
recycling on Earth to gazing at the stars.
As East Africa's iconic tribe changes with the times to keep its pastoral
heritage alive, will the herders also be able and willing to save the wildlife
populations around them?
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