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Quest Volume 4 Number 3 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, Megan
Year of Publication : 2008
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Abstract (English) : 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:
Publisher : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Sponsorship : The Department of Science and Innovation: Academy of Science of South Africa
Peer Review Status : Non-Peer Reviewed
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