Quest Volume 4 Number 3
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Date
2008
Authors
Beaumont, Peter , Vogel, John , Berjak, Pat , Vorster, Este , Jerling, Johann , Wright, Hattie , Kruger, Salome , Pieters, Marlien , Maree, Kobus , Pauw, Johan , Tshingana, Dumile , Laurie, Henri , Bourdillon, Michael , Nweeia, Martin , Thackeray, Francis , Nam, Tom , Nicolson, Sue , Kana, Bavesh , Warner, Digby , Williams, Brian , Hargrove, John , de Wit, Maarten , Charles, Phil , Annegarn, Harold , Bradfield, MeganJournal ISSN
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Publisher
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Sponsorship
The Department of Science and Innovation: Academy of Science of South Africa
Abstract
Contents: Discovering the deep African past at Wonderwerk Cave - Archaeological dating points to the birth of human technology and culture right here in southern Africa: Storing and restoring plant-life from seeds - How to store genetic material once considered unstorable: Nutrition - you are what you eat: Diet and lifestyle for good health - From molecules to society: Micronutrients for healthy living -Eating and exercise: How blood clots form and disintegrate: Treating children with HIV/AIDS: Careers: Why maths counts
Opening the door to a future in science, technology, and engineering - Getting back to basics: Girls doing science (maths is the key)
Conditioning - Notes from TIMSS-R Girls and boys on a par: Reading, maths, and gender equality: Maths and environmental science - Out of the classroom, into the field - The why (and how) of biomaths: Viewpoint - How bad is 'child labour'? - What's really best for the children?: Watching whale-tusks grow - Measuring the amazing tusk of the Arctic narwhal - Diamond and mammography screening: Improved measurement of X-ray doses: The drinking habits of sunbirds - A taste for sugary nectars: Drug-resistant TB in South Africa The struggle continues: Fact files - More on the Arctic narwhal Bird nectars in flowers - TB facts and stats - Science news - Spider webs for hungry times; Brain food -Energy options: How smoke affects cloud cover and climate; Fact and fiction - The case for early antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS: Your questions answered Life on planet Earth? - Reducing greenhouse gases: Boiling water: The S&T tourist Not just elephants at Addo: QUEST the first four years; Wind power; People on
the move; On teaching evolution:
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Peer review status
Non-Peer Reviewed