PhD graduate wants to advance astronomy education in Africa
Dr Tshiamiso Makwela, who recently graduated with a PhD in Astronomy wants to advance astronomy education in Africa through her research work.
Breeding biology of giant Australian thunderbirds paves way to extinction
Big bones from the extinct ‘thunderbird’ or dromornithid indicate that while their size and breeding cycle gradually changed over millennia, they ultimately could not keep pace with the environmental changes around them.
Safe havens: Conserving endangered Clanwilliam sandfish, pool by pool
Sarah Fransman remembers when spawning Clanwilliam sandfish arrived in the Biedouw Valley near Clanwilliam. The thousands-strong shoal creating wavelets along the surface of the Biedouw River, fish packed on top of one another.
Lockdown 2020: Birds bask on barren Muizenberg beach
As humans were ordered to stay indoors to curtail the spread of COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic in 2020, it appears that birds came out in their numbers to get their dose of vitamin sea.
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UCT Science Faculty Dean's Dialogue How to build and maintain research excellence
Three of UCT's world leading researchers will
address the topic of how to build and maintain research excellence.
Cape Town's water: heading in the wrong direction
Capetonians need heed the warning of Day Zero in 2018 if another water crisis is to be averted.
Long in the tooth: Ancient proteins illuminate deep-time species evolution
A public seminar titled “Reconstructing Deep-Time Evolution Using Palaeoproteomics” was held at UCT and hosted by the university’s Human Evolution Research Institute (HERI).
Embracing humanity in leadership: Lessons from an outgoing dean
Four years after taking up a position as the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) dean of the Faculty of Science, Professor Maano Ramutsindela is stepping down to return to his first love: research and teaching.