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DID YOU KNOW ?
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90% of readers believe that mobile technology and increasing online access make social media an ideal platform for attracting younger generations of South Africans to SET fields of study. |
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5% of readers say they are not sure. |
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5% of readers say that this time and money could be better spent on outreach projects. |
IT'S A FACT !
Exoplanet extraordinaire… Only a few weeks into the new year and already four new exoplanets have been discovered. An exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star in a solar system other than that of the earth. It looks as though 2012 is going to be a year filled with discovery.
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Exoplanet extraordinaire… Only a few weeks into the new year and already four new exoplanets have been discovered. An exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star in a solar system other than that of the earth. It looks as though 2012 is going to be a year filled with discovery.
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OUT AND ABOUT
Boggling young minds
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ZooClub members assist Sharee Josling and her colleague Kagiso Matshika. |
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Sharee Josling and Kagiso Matshika succeed in boggling the minds of ZooClub members with their experiments. |
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Chemistry is our life, our future, according to two passionate young presenters at a recent ZooClub event.
The National Zoological Gardens’ ZooClub arranged a Chemistry Science Show in November last year, to celebrate the United Nations’ International Year of Chemistry. Two interns from the University of Pretoria’s Department of Science and Technology, Sharee Josling and Kagiso Matshika, presented the chemistry show. They are both currently completing their internship year at the University of Pretoria’s Sci-Enza Science Centre.