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Dec 5, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Natasha Joseph
By Natasha Joseph, Commissioning Editor
Fossils may look to the untrained eye like an unremarkable set of sandy bones. But those bones can deepen or even rewrite our understanding of ancient history – and South Africa is a fossil treasure trove. Some of the country’s “treasures” have changed our own species’ family tree.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Natasha Joseph |Alan Whitfield |Charles Helm |Hayley Cawthra
Fossils may look to the untrained eye like an unremarkable set of sandy bones. But those bones can deepen or even rewrite our understanding of ancient history – and South Africa is a fossil treasure trove. Some of the country’s “treasures” have changed our own species’ family tree.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Natasha Joseph
analysisWhether we're socialising, shopping, banking, studying or working, billions of people around the world spend hours each day online. This digital immersion has many benefits - and plenty of pitfalls, too. Here are just a few of the articles we've published by academics who specialise in various aspects of online safety. They're packed full of cautionary tales and expert advice for keeping your digital spaces safe.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Natasha Joseph
By Natasha Joseph, Commissioning Editor
Whether we’re socialising, shopping, banking, studying or working, billions of people around the world spend hours each day online. This digital immersion has many benefits – and plenty of pitfalls, too. Here are just a few of the articles we’ve published by academics who specialise in various aspects of online safety.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Natasha Joseph
NowUpdate, Oct. 23, 2024: This story, originally published Oct. 22, includes details of new security recommendations issued by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency which can apply to iPhone and Android users. Comedy fans may well recognize “have you tried turning it off and on …
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
newzimbabwe.com | Paidashe Mandivengerei |Anna Weekes |Natasha Joseph |Channing Arndt
Southern Africa’s worst drought in years has destroyed crops of the staple food, maize, across the region. Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia have all been affected by the drought. Crop failures in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe – the largest maize producers in southern Africa – have destabilised food security in the whole region.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Anna Weekes |Natasha Joseph |Channing Arndt |James Thurlow |Jan Duchoslav |Joachim De Weerdt | +6 more
Southern Africa’s worst drought in years has destroyed crops of the staple food, maize, across the region. Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia have all been affected by the drought. Crop failures in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe – the largest maize producers in southern Africa – have destabilised food security in the whole region.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Natasha Joseph
By Natasha Joseph, Commissioning Editor
Nelson Mandela was a famous advocate for the value of education. In 1990, the man who would become South Africa’s first democratically president four years later told a high school in Boston: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”The United Nations agrees.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Natasha Joseph |Ayodeji Olukoju |Craig Bailie |Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh |Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob |Kristof Titeca | +2 more
Nelson Mandela was a famous advocate for the value of education. In 1990, the man who would become South Africa’s first democratically president four years later told a high school in Boston: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”The United Nations agrees. In 2018 its General Assembly adopted a resolution that proclaimed 24 January as the International Day of Education.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
phys.org | Moina Spooner |Natasha Joseph
Footprints on a sandy surface don't usually last long: they're washed away by water, wiped out by wind or covered over by new tracks. At certain sites in southern Africa, though, some traces of animals have lasted for many thousands or even millions of years—fleeting moments preserved in sand that turned to rock.
