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Just another pocket of scientific history
Makhanda/Grahamstown is a hotspot for science. You wouldn't think it. It's just a small city, and it's claims to fame are Rhodes...
Jessica Evans
Aug 20, 20192 min read


The body library with a key to our past
“I just basically saw a graveyard. The place is creepy.” “I understand about the bottles, but the tanks!” “It looked like more of a...
Jessica Evans
Aug 5, 20194 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 30, 20195 min read


She's the bee's knees!
First we suit up. Long socks, then unflattering white overalls fitted with zips and Velcro, then gum boots. One of my socks has a hole...
Jessica Evans
Mar 20, 20198 min read


Cold, scaley, unloved, but adored by this guy
“I was quite scared of snakes,” he said, “when I was in preschool.” Now, Chad Keates is a PhD candidate in the Rhodes University...
Jessica Evans
Feb 28, 20194 min read


5 women scientists to admire
The 11th of February is the UN’s international day of women and girls in science. If you’re an avid reader of Bite-sized Sci you might...
Jessica Evans
Feb 13, 20193 min read


Long live the legend
On one of Makhanda’s bordering hills, where the wind is always high and the view always beautiful, rest the white tunnels of the Waainek...
Jessica Evans
Oct 14, 20186 min read
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