Science | GroundUp

Waste plastic could beat coal as an energy source

We can eliminate this toxic pollutant - and make it profitable

Neil Stacey, James Fox, Klaus Moller, Diane Hildebrandt, David Glasser, and Celestin Sempuga

Science | 10 May 2022

Fresh air and better houses are weapons in the fight against TB

The disease has been rare in rich countries for 50 years, and one reason is decent housing

By James Stent

Science | 10 May 2022

This vaccine could save tens of thousands of South African lives each year, but we’ll only see it in 2030

Vaccines against TB are much slower to develop than Covid ones

By James Stent

Science | 9 May 2022

Anglo’s new hydrogen vehicle: bad engineering, good marketing

An astonishingly expensive process for turning electricity into less electricity

By Neil Thomas Stacey

Science | 9 May 2022

We can still save our abalone and lobster stocks - here’s how

We need more inspectors, and we need the urgent implementation of the small-scale fisheries policy

By Kevern Cochrane

Science | 4 May 2022

Electric cars are not yet a solution for South Africa

Evaluating the environmental footprint of electric cars

By Neil Thomas Stacey

Science | 3 May 2022

Less talk, more action: South Africa’s failing response to the antibiotic resistance pandemic

Our government’s report card reads: “Must do better”

By Marc Mendelson and Moritz van Vuuren

Science | 10 February 2022

HIV incidence in South Africa has halved since 2010

This is mainly due to antiretroviral treatment and condom promotion, but male medical circumcision and behaviour change after HIV diagnosis had a role too

By Leigh Johnson

Science | 9 February 2022

What can you do to reduce the risk of getting an antibiotic-resistant infection?

Part four in our series on antibiotic resistance

By Marc Mendelson

Science | 3 February 2022

The widespread misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals and the environment must stop

I know of many cases where employers will not allow sick leave without employees having antibiotics to show for it

By Marc Mendelson

Science | 31 January 2022

Why the “war” against bacteria is the wrong strategy

Part two in a series on antibiotic resistance

By Marc Mendelson

Science | 27 January 2022

Living with Covid - The pandemic has changed and so must our approach to it

How vaccination nudges our immune systems

By Gareth Kantor

Science | 26 January 2022

There’s another pandemic we should be focused on: antibiotic-resistant infections

Millions of people are now dying every year because of bad practices and South Africa is one of the worst culprits

By Marc Mendelson

Science | 25 January 2022

Covid-19: How South Africa differs from the rest of the continent

Deaths have been massively underestimated in Africa

By Alex Welte, Nathan Geffen and James Stent

Science | 19 January 2022

Why we need the James Webb Space Telescope AND the SKA

The two are very different

By Amish Patel

Science | 18 January 2022

Western Cape study shows why Omicron wave caused less death

High rates of vaccination, past infections and the variant itself helped suppress deaths and hospitalisations

By James Stent

Science | 14 January 2022