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How much worse are coloured plastics for the environment?

Studies are finding more reason to boycott coloured plastic products

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Science | 6 September 2024

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How we know a new medicine is so effective at preventing HIV transmission

There was not a single HIV transmission in a clinical trial in which women volunteers used the twice-yearly injectable drug lenacapavir

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Science | 1 August 2024

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Scientists told us our winters would get drier. So what happened last week?

Climate change means extreme events are likely to happen more often

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Science | 16 July 2024

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Latest science confirms plummeting penguin population

New model forms the basis for an urgent recommendation to change African Penguin’s conservation status from endangered to critically endangered

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Science | 15 July 2024

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Get rid of leaf blowers: they pollute and their purpose is dubious

Many use two-stroke engines which are an environmental hazard

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Science | 14 December 2023

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African dinosaurs and the sixth mass extinction

Palaeobiologist Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan speaks at GroundUp’s Science for the People seminar

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Science | 4 December 2023

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South Africans are living longer, mostly thanks to HIV treatment

Antiretroviral medicines have been a success, but more work is needed to reach United Nations targets

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Science | 1 December 2023

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Farmers put on alert as El Niño takes effect

The South African Weather Service warns of possibly hot and dry summer ahead

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Science | 25 October 2023

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Microplastics are a danger to our health. Here’s how to reduce our exposure to them

Some well-intentioned initiatives make the situation worse

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Science | 24 October 2023

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Here’s how the Western Cape can prepare better for weather like we had in September

Climate change may bring more variable weather but we can reduce the risk of disasters

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Science | 23 October 2023

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Western Cape floods: Is climate change to blame?

It’s hard to blame global warming for a single weather event, but storms like last week’s are becoming more likely

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Science | 5 October 2023

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Is our food becoming less nutritious? Probably

But solutions are not at all simple

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Science | 21 April 2023

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Cape Town’s water crisis worsened by the rich, study finds

Wealthy households use more than half the city’s water, say authors of article published in leading scientific journal

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Science | 12 April 2023

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The maths that helped South Africa tackle HIV

UCT epidemiologist Leigh Johnson delivered GroundUp and Bertha House’s third Science for the People seminar

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Science | 29 March 2023

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Much ado about magic mushrooms

Careful examination reveals there is not enough data

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Science | 12 October 2022

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Where have all the chameleons gone?

And what you can do to encourage them to live in your garden

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Science | 23 September 2022