A tree is not just a tree. It is also fuel, paper, furniture, livelihood, and industry.
Environment
May 29, 2023
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Continued extreme heat exposure is affecting the health of vulnerable groups in communities.
Environment
May 29, 2023
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New research by scientists from South Africa and the U.K. could help forensic teams understand whether people or animals were the victims of fatal lightning strikes based solely upon an analysis of their skeletons. Their ...
Biotechnology
Nov 3, 2021
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As the country continues to commemorate Women's Month, a recent study by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU) shows that female sex workers (FSWs) are exposed to extremely ...
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2021
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Even though sex is a basic human need (even a human right in the Netherlands), it can be one of the overlooked needs for people living with disabilities.
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2021
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From 2010 to 2019 over 9,600 rhinos were killed in poaching attacks. On this current trajectory, South Africa's rhino will be nearing extinction in nine years.
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2021
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Two master's students are developing new technologies aimed at disrupting the booming cannabis, or so called 'green gold," industry.
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2021
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Aardvarks occur across most of sub-Saharan Africa, but very few people have seen one, because they are solitary, mostly active at night, and live in burrows. They use their spade-like claws to build these burrows and to dig ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 9, 2020
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Researchers at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, have found the answer to an enigma that has had geologists scratching their heads for years.
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2020
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Researchers at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, have created the world's first framework, to better guide the management of terrestrial invasive species.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2020
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