Science

UCT astronomer’s photo of neutron star makes headlines

Kelebogile Gasealahwe’s work could shed light on jets emitted by these stars

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News | 25 November 2025

Biologist turns real-life African scientists into superheroes

Justin Yarrow and his team have created a series of cartoons they hope will inspire the next generation of scientists

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News | 14 July 2025

What to expect when you’re expecting during a climate crisis

Rising global temperatures pose a serious threat to health of pregnant women and babies, say Wits researchers

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News | 14 February 2025

MeerKAT: Why South Africa’s massive astronomy project matters

Amish Patel is a Signal Processing Engineer with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory. He gave the second Science for the People seminar.

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News | 27 February 2023

In it to win it – Joe Slovo learners head to world robotics championship

“Robo47” designed at Sinenjongo High School can pick up a ball and throw it

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News | 25 October 2022

Soshanguve learners build one-of-a-kind solar powered train

“We sacrificed a lot of our time and I’m grateful I never gave up”

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News | 16 September 2022

Hydrogen as fuel: we should be selective about how we make and use it

Hydrogen is a useful substitute for fossil fuels, but new research shows leakages can be very damaging to the environment

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Science | 3 August 2022

Here’s what the models predict about Covid-19

But beware: soothsaying has a checkered history

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Analysis | 22 May 2020

Covid-19: Why testing takes time and what to expect

There’s a lot more going on behind the scenes in the testing labs than most patients realise

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Science | 25 March 2020