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 30, 20195 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

May 16, 20192 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 18, 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

Apr 4, 20193 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

Mar 14, 20194 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 20, 20193 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 15, 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 8, 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 6, 20192 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

Feb 1, 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 30, 20193 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 25, 20192 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 23, 20193 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 18, 20192 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 16, 20193 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 11, 20194 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

Jan 9, 20193 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 24, 20182 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 21, 20183 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...

Jessica Evans

Dec 19, 20182 min read