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Meet The Antarctica Research Crew Trapped With "Violent" Colleague
A team of South African scientists expected to work together for months in a remote Antarctic research station was left shaken after one of them beat, threatened and sexually harassed at least two of his colleagues.
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Trapped In Antarctica, Scientists Plead For Help, Accuse Colleague Of Death Threats
The claims were made in an email sent from the base, in which the sender expressed fear for their own and their colleagues' safety, urging immediate intervention.
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Scientists Find Mysterious Cosmic Threads In The Centre Of Milky Way
The discovery is based on an analysis of the data captured by South African Radio Astronomy Observatory's MeerKAT radio telescope.
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Mandatory Covid Vaccinations Find Low Support In Africa, Shows Study
Less than half of the African continent is amenable to mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19, according to a study by a group of scientists, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal, PLOS One.
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Omicron Causes 3 Times As Many Reinfections As Delta: Study
A preliminary study by South African scientists published Thursday suggests the Omicron variant is three times more likely to cause reinfections compared to the Delta or Beta strains.
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Previous Infection Does Not Provide Protection From 'Omicron': South Africa
People infected with earlier variants of Covid do not appear to be protected against Omicron, although vaccination will still prevent serious illness, a top South African scientist said Thursday.
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On Omicron, A New Warning From South African Scientists
Leading South African scientists warned it is still too early to determine that the omicron variant will only cause mild illness.
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"It Was Scary": How South African Scientists Spotted Omicron Variant
On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's biggest private testing labs, sequenced the genes on eight coronavirus samples - and got the shock of her life.
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Delta Variant Driving Covid Third Wave In South Africa
The highly contagious Delta variant is driving a surge in South African COVID-19 infections that is testing the capacity of hospitals and forcing authorities to mull tighter restrictions, the government and scientists said on Saturday.
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No Data Yet On Efficacy of Covid Vaccines Against Virus Variants, Say Scientists: Report
Preliminary research shows the two vaccines against COVID-19 approved in India are effective against the UK variant of the novel coronavirus but there is no data on their efficacy against the South African and Brazilian mutants detected in the country.
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Indian-Origin Virologist In South Africa Dies Of Coronavirus Complications
Virologist Gita Ramjee has become the first Indian-origin South African to have died after contracting the novel coronavirus that has killed five in the country. Ms Ramjee, a vaccine scientist and an HIV prevention research leader, returned from London a week ago but reportedly showed no symptoms of COVID-19.
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South African Scientists Create Bricks From Human Urine
South African researchers say they have made bricks using human urine in a natural process involving colonies of bacteria, which could one day help reduce global warming emissions by finding a productive use for the ultimate waste product.
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You Can Now Print a 200 Million Years Old Dinosaur Skull at Home
Scientists have created a digital reconstruction of the skull of Massospondylus, a 200-million-year-old South African dinosaur.
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In an Unlikely Place, Life Has Been Percolating
First there was the microbe that scientists called "The Bold Traveler," found living in lightless solitude more than two miles down a South African gold mine. Nothing alive had ever been found in rock fractures at that depth before.
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Newly Identified Human Ancestor Was Handy With Tools
Homo naledi, the ancient human ancestor whose fossils have been retrieved from a South African cave, may have been handy with tools and walked much like a person, according to scientists who examined its well-preserved foot and hand bones.
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Meet The Antarctica Research Crew Trapped With "Violent" Colleague
A team of South African scientists expected to work together for months in a remote Antarctic research station was left shaken after one of them beat, threatened and sexually harassed at least two of his colleagues.
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Trapped In Antarctica, Scientists Plead For Help, Accuse Colleague Of Death Threats
The claims were made in an email sent from the base, in which the sender expressed fear for their own and their colleagues' safety, urging immediate intervention.
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Scientists Find Mysterious Cosmic Threads In The Centre Of Milky Way
The discovery is based on an analysis of the data captured by South African Radio Astronomy Observatory's MeerKAT radio telescope.
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Mandatory Covid Vaccinations Find Low Support In Africa, Shows Study
Less than half of the African continent is amenable to mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19, according to a study by a group of scientists, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal, PLOS One.
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Omicron Causes 3 Times As Many Reinfections As Delta: Study
A preliminary study by South African scientists published Thursday suggests the Omicron variant is three times more likely to cause reinfections compared to the Delta or Beta strains.
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Previous Infection Does Not Provide Protection From 'Omicron': South Africa
People infected with earlier variants of Covid do not appear to be protected against Omicron, although vaccination will still prevent serious illness, a top South African scientist said Thursday.
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On Omicron, A New Warning From South African Scientists
Leading South African scientists warned it is still too early to determine that the omicron variant will only cause mild illness.
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"It Was Scary": How South African Scientists Spotted Omicron Variant
On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's biggest private testing labs, sequenced the genes on eight coronavirus samples - and got the shock of her life.
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Delta Variant Driving Covid Third Wave In South Africa
The highly contagious Delta variant is driving a surge in South African COVID-19 infections that is testing the capacity of hospitals and forcing authorities to mull tighter restrictions, the government and scientists said on Saturday.
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No Data Yet On Efficacy of Covid Vaccines Against Virus Variants, Say Scientists: Report
Preliminary research shows the two vaccines against COVID-19 approved in India are effective against the UK variant of the novel coronavirus but there is no data on their efficacy against the South African and Brazilian mutants detected in the country.
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Indian-Origin Virologist In South Africa Dies Of Coronavirus Complications
Virologist Gita Ramjee has become the first Indian-origin South African to have died after contracting the novel coronavirus that has killed five in the country. Ms Ramjee, a vaccine scientist and an HIV prevention research leader, returned from London a week ago but reportedly showed no symptoms of COVID-19.
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South African Scientists Create Bricks From Human Urine
South African researchers say they have made bricks using human urine in a natural process involving colonies of bacteria, which could one day help reduce global warming emissions by finding a productive use for the ultimate waste product.
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You Can Now Print a 200 Million Years Old Dinosaur Skull at Home
Scientists have created a digital reconstruction of the skull of Massospondylus, a 200-million-year-old South African dinosaur.
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In an Unlikely Place, Life Has Been Percolating
First there was the microbe that scientists called "The Bold Traveler," found living in lightless solitude more than two miles down a South African gold mine. Nothing alive had ever been found in rock fractures at that depth before.
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Newly Identified Human Ancestor Was Handy With Tools
Homo naledi, the ancient human ancestor whose fossils have been retrieved from a South African cave, may have been handy with tools and walked much like a person, according to scientists who examined its well-preserved foot and hand bones.
