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DID YOU KNOW ?

	42% of getS.E.T.go! readers think that the development of a 3D touch screen is a great idea and an exciting development for science.

	17% are indifferent.

	40% think it’s a waste of money and a gimmick.

IT'S A FACT !
It is estimated that South Africa’s new Science & Technology Train, which is currently under development, will reach 14 000 learners each year.
Transnet Rail Engineering at Koedoespoort will complete the train’s renovations.

In the news

Bigger, better, more! SAASTA’s Education Unit programmes are getting dressed for success, with a R4,8 million sponsorship from one of the country’s retailers of reading, writing, listening, learning and communication consumables.	read
One step beyond. Science is funky, fun – and now social – thanks to the launch of SAASTA’s new SET Community platform, which aims to become the “facebook” of the South African SET awareness world.	read
Start young – but how young? The Unizul Science Centre in Richards Bay is building an early childhood development centre that will house a science museum aimed at pre-primary school visitors. It will be the first of its kind in Africa.	read
Saying it for science. He is a staunch believer in using astronomy as a tool for development, and the deserving winner of the 2011 Science Communication award from the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF). Meet Kevin Govender.	read
Physics’ finest. From the British astrophysicist who discovered pulsars in 1967, to the first African American woman in space, some of the world’s top female physicists gathered in Stellenbosch earlier this year. Here’s what happened at the 2011 International Conference on Women in Physics.	read
A visionary plan. An initiative that plans to use astronomy to stimulate global development took another step forward, following the launch of the Global Office of Astronomy for Development in Cape Town.	read
Twice as nice! The South African Astronomical Observatory has announced evidence of what astronomers suspect could be two giant planets orbiting a binary star system – planets that could be six to eight times the size of Jupiter.	read