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Jessica Evans
May 30, 20195 min read
AQUA(ponics) MAN
On the outskirts of Makhanda, off a long, bending dirt road, is the gate to Aquaponics Innovations. It’s a family-owned farm that uses...
Jessica Evans
May 16, 20192 min read
3 websites to help you live greener
Wanting to live a greener lifestyle is noble. You can do it lots of ways. Everything from what you eat to what you grow in your garden...
Jessica Evans
Apr 18, 20193 min read
What do I do if I get bitten by a snake? (+ how venom works)
You might recall Bite-sized Sci sharing an article on what to do if you bump into a snake. Well, what if it's more than that? What if you...
Jessica Evans
Apr 4, 20193 min read
8 weird things about bees
If you haven’t noticed, I’m on a bee tirade. They’re wonderful little creatures and they do so much for us, but how much do you really...
Jessica Evans
Mar 14, 20194 min read
5 sources of every day plastic you might not have known about
Plastic is everywhere, and it’s a huge problem for our environment to tackle. (If you want to find out why, click here.) You may be doing...
Jessica Evans
Feb 20, 20193 min read
What's a pangolin?
It’s dusk. You’re outside, basking in the cool evening and the audible harmony of insects and frogs. You’re on a sizeable plot of land...
Jessica Evans
Feb 15, 20192 min read
DIY: How do lungs work?
Your body is a complex collection of different organs and systems all working together to make you happen. One of these systems is the...
Jessica Evans
Feb 8, 20192 min read
Learning how plants breathe
Plants breathe, just like animals. A lot of children don’t really understand this, and it makes plants seem less alive than they truly...
Jessica Evans
Feb 6, 20192 min read
5 things you didn’t know about the sea
There are a lot of cool things about the sea. It covers more of the earth than land does. It’s the subject of many a myth or fairy-tale,...
Jessica Evans
Feb 1, 20193 min read
Growing beans – with a twist
Remember growing a bean for a class project at school once? This is that. But with a small twist. Bite-sized Sci had fun re-living this...
Jessica Evans
Jan 30, 20193 min read
7 tips for studying science at university
Many people will begin their university careers within the next few weeks if they haven’t already. It’s exciting! No matter where you...
Jessica Evans
Jan 25, 20192 min read
How to make a stethoscope
What’s better than a super-fast, simple DIY that stuns you when it’s finished? Nothing. Here’s a five minute DIY you can make out of...
Jessica Evans
Jan 23, 20193 min read
Why is plastic bad?
Plastic is bad. Ever since we (young millennials) reached about grade 2 we’ve had the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” beaten into our...
Jessica Evans
Jan 18, 20192 min read
Osmosis with gummy sweets!
Osmosis is the passive movement of water from a higher concentration to a lower concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. This...
Jessica Evans
Jan 16, 20193 min read
How what you eat can save the world
A few months ago the UN announced to the world that we have 11 years before we reach an irreversible point in climate change. Once we...
Jessica Evans
Jan 11, 20194 min read
Building a birdfeeder
South Africa has a wealth of birdlife. You might want to attract some to your garden for your own personalised ecosystem. You can attract...
Jessica Evans
Jan 9, 20193 min read
How to get your kids interested in science
It’s back-to-school time and you may find your bank balance quivering in the wake of excitement for new stationary. You might be fighting...
Jessica Evans
Dec 24, 20182 min read
4 tips for cutting down your Christmas waste
Every Christmas 30% more waste than usual is generated by households globally. As much as we want to be as festive as always every...
Jessica Evans
Dec 21, 20183 min read
How to build an ecosystem at home
An ecosystem is a system made up of all the living organisms in a particular space and the ways they interact with their environment....
Jessica Evans
Dec 19, 20182 min read
What's really recyclable?
You’ve been there. We all have. You get to the recycling bin and you’re faced with the decision: to recycle? Or not to recycle? You don’t...
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