Facing the perils: a drone is released to monitor an active volcano in Indonesia.
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can keep remote sensors alive and deal with dangerous scenarios.
Many university degrees require a high level of maths skill.
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Lowering maths prerequisites to study science, engineering and commerce at university has led to students playing catch up for years. This should be fixed.
Sometimes science needs to look at the bigger picture in order to best influence public policy.
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Science is about more than protons, genes and neurons. Sometimes a bigger picture can help us make better decisions when it comes to public policy.
Some students will not encounter a trained maths or science teacher until the latter years of secondary school.
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Lack of confidence, negative attitudes and low student participation rates are just a few of the challenges maths and science teachers face.
Children are natural scientists. They learn from their mistakes, then try something new.
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Scientists being wrong is not a bug or a glitch – it’s a feature of science and mistakes can actually lead to new, deeper discoveries.
Two black holes collide.
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It is the physics discovery of the century – even bigger than the Higgs Boson. Here’s how it happened and what it means, by a key member of one of the lead teams
Hello beautiful! R136a1 is a universal heavyweight.
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Think our Sun’s big? Prepare to be dazzled by the real galactic heavyweights.
Easy-peasy?
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Have you got the keen eye and quizzical mind of a professional spy? Let’s find out …
Conversation and the art of making your words count.
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We are only just starting to understand the linguistic tools that get stuff done, move us to tears, bore us to death, or make us dizzy with delight.
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It’s not easy – but we are moving in the right direction.
Thalidomide was used by the pregnant women – the population that turned out to be most vulnerable to its risks.
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Thalidomide’s manufacturer, Chemie Grünenthal, marketed the drug as safe for pregnant women despite reports it was causing malformations in newborns. Why such blatant denial?
What do you mean you don’t know?
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Do you know why onions make your eyes water? Neither do 83% of parents.
What constitutes liberal arts?
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It is those who know how to think nimbly, creatively and responsibly that end up building extraordinary careers.
Neutrinos, we’re looking for you! Japan’s Super-Kamiokande detector.
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The Nobel Prize-winning research on neutrinos is expected to push the boundaries of science and technology.
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Novel drugs that reduce the spread of cancer in mice could pave the way for changing the way we fight tumours.
The meaning of science has evolved over time but the goals remain the same.
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Understanding the meaning of the word science has changed over time, but the goals to produce and share knowledge remains the same.
Can the arts be a bridge to other worlds?
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Is a novella published 130 years ago our best bet for explaining the worlds of 4D and beyond?
University of Cape Town scientists work in the Drug Discovery and Development Centre. More needs to be done to keep Africa’s scientists on home ground.
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If the continent is to grasp the science and technology revolution, then governments should take the lead in both policy formulation and implementation.
What is gravity? What is spacetime and why does it get curved? These are some of the questions discussed at Science and Cocktails.
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To achieve science becoming part of everyday entertainment, one needs to take science out of its usual academic context.
Lots of scientists see things in different ways, but that doesn’t undermine its authority.
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Deep disagreements within science might seem to undermine its authority, but they only underscore how science really works.