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*2003 World Summit Award recognition
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Winner of the Highway Africa New Media award
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Winner of the NSTF Award for Science
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This Month's Features
Evidence for human evolution
 By
examining what you eat or cannot eat, what makes you ill, or doesn't,
scientists can peer way back into human evolution.
 Tests
predict ageing
Scientists examine markers of ageing such as glucose metabolism and
stress hormones to predict longevity.
 Inkaba ye Afrika
Multinational teams track the history of our planet 200 million years into the past. Their goal: better planning for the future.
Health
How HIV exhausts killer T cells
 Scientists discover how the HI virus (HIV)
"exhausts" killer T cells that would otherwise attack the
virus.
Industrial chemicals in food chain
 The
need to monitor toxic chemicals in food is highlighted by expose
of industrial chemicals found in many food dishes.
Environment
 Biota Africa
Project untangles the long-term impact of global warming from severe
but short-lived events such as floods and droughts.
Gerbils, desertification takes its toll in the Sahel
As fertile lands turn to desert in the Sahel, new species
of rodents move in ravaging crops and spreading disease.
Insight & Opinion
Science teaching in the classroom
An educator draws on personal experience to unravel why
science teaching in SA classrooms is so poor.
User-friendly hospitals
Breaking new ground in SA, scientists move beyond budgets and
deadlines to assessing and designing user-friendly hospitals.
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In this Issue
Southern African Large Telescope shows dramatic evidence of
cannibalisation in an eclipsing polar binary star system.
SA's Karoo Array Telescope project kicks off with new design antennae
structures.
While Africa may not contribute as much to greenhouse gas emissions, is
there room to clean up its act?
Scientists uncover the link between bamboo and elephants on Mt
Kilimanjaro.
Zambian research contradicts earlier studies saying it is safe for
pregnant women to use nevirapine.
Dangerous side effects of an anti-AIDS prompt calls for availability of
newer drugs in developing countries.
Sign that poaching is on the upswing in Chad as 100
slaughtered elephants discovered.
A change in climate could mean the difference between survival and
extinction for Madagascar’s endangered lemurs.
Urgent action is needed as new forms of highly drug-resistant
tuberculosis emerge.
Education
A series of Biotechnology Posters uses
comical engineering to put Biotechnology into a hyper understandable
format.
Free High School Texts (FHSST) project
aiming to revolutionise access to learning materials.
Meet a marine turtle and find out how you can help conserve these amazing
creatures.
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