Climate change seems far away, but the truth is it affects you every day. Here's how, and how you can help.

Spring has sprung! It's a time of productivity, abundance, and blossoms, blossoms, everywhere! If you're lucky enough to have a garden,...

South Africa is fortunate enough to be home to a wealth of biodiversity. In fact, we’re just short of the world’s top ten most biodiverse...

I've noticed a lot of science students are quick to dismiss the value of the arts and the humanities. Here's the problem with that.

If you’re anything like me then you think a lot about your impact on the world. Everything you do impacts the environment somehow....

Let me start this off by saying that this is my opinion. You’re welcome to disagree, but hear me out. I saw a Facebook post the other day...

Our oceans do so much for us and we affect them every day. The 8th of June is World Oceans day. Here’s what you can do to help the sea....

I remember once, on a visit to Cape Town, seeing a strange contraption at the V&A waterfront (what’s new, am I right?). It consisted of...

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...

Bite-sized sci is about everyday science and what science is more everyday that the science of food? We’ve talked about GMOs a little,...

From fertiliser to pollination, a lot of science goes into what we eat. What you eat can even save the world, but people tend to get a...

Snakes are known world-wide as creepy crawlies. From being Indiana Jones' only fear, to the very unrealistic story of Snakes on a Plane,...

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...

So I’ve been going on about bees for a few weeks now. As cool as they are, bees can hurt you. Just as it’s important to know what to do...

If you know anything about conservation and ecology, you’ll know about the move to conserve bees. Globally, bee populations are...

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...

Let me start this off by saying snakes are not evil. They are not out to get you. They are devoid of morals because they’re animals, so...

Plastic is bad. Ever since we (young millennials) reached about grade 2 we’ve had the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” beaten into our...

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...

South Africa has a wealth of birdlife. You might want to attract some to your garden for your own personalised ecosystem. You can attract...

There’s a global movement against plastic if you haven’t noticed. There’ll be a post soon about why exactly plastic is nasty, so watch...

Every Christmas 30% more waste than usual is generated by households globally. As much as we want to be as festive as always every...

An ecosystem is a system made up of all the living organisms in a particular space and the ways they interact with their environment....

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...

It’s no secret that plastic is B A D. I’m trying to cut it out of my life and my consumption wherever possible and gift-wrapping is an...