Quest Volume 13 Number 2 2017

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assaf.peer-review.statusNon-Peer Reviewed
dc.contributor.authorAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-26T12:29:46Z
dc.date.available2017-06-26T12:29:46Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionCite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2017). Quest: Science for South Africa, 13(2). [Online] Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/64
dc.description.abstractContents: Our cosmic time machine: Rosalind Skelton explains how SALT is our cosmic time machine; A global JIGSAW puzzle: Geoffrey Grantham and Michael Knoper tell us how our planet is an evolving jigsaw puzzle; Hominin neighbours: new discoveries at Wits University suggest that Homo sapiens was not alone; Sea squirt city – Port Elizabeth’s tunicate treasure trove: Mike Davies-Coleman, Shirley Parker-Nance and Jodie Watt explain how sea squirts survive in polluted marine environments; Bernoulli’s Law: Jan Smit and Ashleigh Pieterse explain how one of the fundamental laws of physics is important in our everyday life; Astronomy and sustainable development: Karabo Makola shows how development-centred astronomy can lead to sustainable development; Midlands magic: Megan Jooste describes the excitement of doing research, with Lize Joubert-van der Merwe; Decolonising social sciences: Jess Auerbach shows us what a new university in Africa is doing to decolonise social sciences; SANSA's Eye in the sky; Researchers use ‘Fitbits’ to track elephant sleep in the wild; A kiss of death: mammals were the first to produce venom.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Science and Technologyen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2017). Quest: Science for South Africa, 13(2). [Online] Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/64en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1729-830X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/64
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectSouthern African Large Telescope (SALT)en_ZA
dc.subjectHomo naledien_ZA
dc.subjectHomo sapiensen_ZA
dc.subjectSea squirtsen_ZA
dc.subjectMarine environmentsen_ZA
dc.subjectPhysicsen_ZA
dc.subjectAstronomyen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten_ZA
dc.subjectSocial sciencesen_ZA
dc.subjectGrassland conservationen_ZA
dc.subjectVenomous snakesen_ZA
dc.subjectTunicatesen_ZA
dc.subjectKwaZulu-Natal Midlandsen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African National Space Agency (SANSA)en_ZA
dc.subjectElephantsen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)en_ZA
dc.subjectAnti-cancer drugs
dc.subjectRadiation of lighten_ZA
dc.subjectGeologyen_ZA
dc.subjectBernoulli's lawen_ZA
dc.subjectAstronomy for developmenten_ZA
dc.subjectOptical Space Research (OSR)en_ZA
dc.subjectElephant sleepen_ZA
dc.subjectScience educationen_ZA
dc.titleQuest Volume 13 Number 2 2017en_ZA
dc.typeMagazineen_ZA
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