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February 2016
Issue 16
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Hidden galaxies: why does the discovery matter? Hidden galaxies:
why does the discovery matter?

The recent discovery of a supercluster of galaxies hidden behind our Milky Way grabbed headlines around the world, but the discovery's true significance lies in the fact that it could test our current model of the universe to its limit.

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More research at UCT
Why so few reports of rape end in conviction   How satellites could save southern ground hornbills   Can the global dominance of Western rhetoric be challenged?
Why so few reports of rape end in conviction   How satellites could save southern ground hornbills   Can the global dominance of Western rhetoric be challenged?
 
The voice of the poor is missing from South Africa’s media   Taking vitamin B to ward off dementia? Try adding Omega-3   Bodies of evidence: the forensic anthropologists advancing local knowledge
The voice of the poor is missing from South Africa’s media   Taking vitamin B to ward off dementia? Try adding Omega-3   Bodies of evidence: the forensic anthropologists advancing local knowledge
 
 
How we can make crops survive without water

Professor Jill Farrant, UCT Research Chair in Plant Molecular Physiology, recently presented a GlobalTED talk in Geneva, Switzerland on resurrection (extreme drought tolerant) plants and their potential to ensure food security in the face of climate change.

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How we can make crops survive without water
 
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