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DID YOU KNOW ?
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91% of readers strongly agree that social media platforms could play a key role in attracting younger generations of South Africans to SET fields of study. |
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3% say they are not sure (too many learners still don’t have internet access). |
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6% disagree (the time and money could be better spent on outreach projects). |
IT'S A FACT !
It’s like a real-life movie ... Scientists plan to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid - so they are prepared for the possibility they will have to stop one hurtling towards Earth. The news came as Nasa moved to calm fears that a comet is on a collision course with our planet. Read more
It’s like a real-life movie ... Scientists plan to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid - so they are prepared for the possibility they will have to stop one hurtling towards Earth. The news came as Nasa moved to calm fears that a comet is on a collision course with our planet. Read more
In the news
For words so good you could eat them … look no further than the debating team from Hudson Park High School in the Eastern Cape, which won the SAASTA National Schools Debates Competition in August. |
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They’re good! Better than good! Meet South Africa’s top science learners who were lauded at a gala dinner earlier this year, in recognition of their first-class performance in the 2011 National Science Olympiad. |
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Take a walk on the wild side: Here’s how learners from 19 schools in and around Pretoria took up the challenge in the “Urban Wildlife” life science competition. |
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Whizzing their way to London: Each year, the London International Youth Science Forum brings together over 300 students of the sciences, this time from 45 countries on five different continents. As South Africa’s top science learners were sure not to miss it. |
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Spreading wings to Maputo: Some of the country’s top experiences and activities in science, technology and innovation occupied centre stage at this recent science exhibition in Mozambique. |
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Why serious topics deserve a playful approach: What does it take to excite learners about astronomy? Nothing more than Prestik, a toilet roll, a bathroom scale and a few hoola hoops, it seems … |
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Top honours for head of Sci-Bono centre: The French Government has awarded David Kramer the prestigious title of Knight of the French National Order of Merit. |
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Point, click, shoot! Photographers have once again risen to the science challenge by entering their best work into this year’s Southern African Science Lens photo competition. This year it includes a special category to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry. |
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