Science Stars chats to Phindiwe Nqanqaru about her journey from being a young woman who didn’t have access to coding education to co-founding an NPO that creates spaces where women and girls can be empowered through technology and innovation.
The Deputy Minister, Buti Manamela, from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), visited the Reconstructed Living Labs (RLabs) facility on Thursday, May 25, in Westridge, Mitchells Plain.
South Africa will play key role in putting the first woman on the moon.
In just a few months, construction will start on a communications facility in Matjiesfontein, situated in the Central Karoo District Municipality, that will assist with NASA’s Artemis project. The Artemis project aims to put the first woman and person of colour on the moon by December 2025.
Aspiring young scientists in Grades 4 to 12 across South Africa are invited to showcase their initial Eskom Expo research endeavours at an upcoming District Expo. Here, you will have the opportunity to receive constructive feedback from a team of experts, ranging from engineers to veterinarians, school teachers, lecturers, researchers, scientists, IT professionals, and more. This valuable input from experts will enable you to refine your research and enhance its quality in preparation for presentation at Regional Expos.
From delivering emergency supplies to helping decrease the risk to miners’ lives and identifying survivors of natural disasters, these robots are used to solve big problems across the continent.
The transition to tertiary education can be very daunting and the first year can be a culture shock. To help you as you embark on this new adventure, we have asked students from different institutions, who have experienced and passed their first year, for some tips.
Agriculture isn’t only about growing fruit and vegetable crops and rearing animals to provide the world’s population with food. Instead, it includes raising livestock and preparing animal products, such as fabrics, for people to use. For example, cotton, wool, (animal) fibre and leather are all agricultural products.
See a sea squid National Geographic reported that the first photos of the very elusive giant squid were taken in 2004. Prior to this, scientists…
Africa is home to 60% of the world’s arable land – it is considered an important centre of agricultural production. It has enormous potential to meet our own food needs and those of other countries on other continents. But several factors are changing the environment in which our continent’s agriculture operates and are leading to huge concerns around food security. (Food security means that not all people have access to safe, affordable and nutritious food.) Science Stars looks at what has changed over the years for our continent, how we are coping today, and what the best way forward is.
This means that Africa must maximise agricultural productivity to ensure food security and economic growth. This is where the latest technological innovations come into play. Let’s take a look at the top 5 technological innovations in agriculture.