This is the title of a presentation I gave for SciFest, one of the largest science festivals in South Africa. In the era of the pandemic, SciFest has gone on to organise regular talks online, so thank you for the invitation.
This happened to me a few days ago. I had been to hospital to fetch my chemotherapy drugs and I had to fill up my car. I drove in to the petrol station and stopped at one of the pumps. A petrol attendant came to me and asked what I needed. “Fill it up please, … Read more
On the evening of August 24, a bright object traveling fast in the upper atmosphere had thousands of people mesmerised. It was spotted by many in the Gauteng province of South Africa but was visible further North into Limpopo and Zimbabwe. At first we didn’t know what it was. A usual shooting star is a rock … Read more
Sometimes I wonder. Science is defined in so many ways, as a thought process, as a methodology, as an epistemic system. But what if it were much simpler? What if it was deeply human, what if it was intuition?
Here’s a little intro to a few explorations I hope to record. I don’t think I can commit to podcasting because it would take a lot of time that I don’t have, but sometimes, it’s nice to tell a story instead of writing it. Plus, I got a really cool microphone for my birthday so….
On 30 June each year, the African Union celebrates the day of Africa’s Science Renaissance, and it is worth celebrating. African science is among the oldest known to man. The university at Timbuktu, founded around 1 800 years ago, served as an intellectual hub of knowledge for the continent until the late 16th century. There are older records … Read more