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Continue reading →: 2021: The year I stepped into my power
by Samantha Kuphe Honestly, the first 3 years of my undergraduate were filled with experiences attached to a lot of regret. I was leading my life based on the lives of my friends and my personal growth and goals took a backseat. I remember consoling myself saying ‘this is what…
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Continue reading →: Struggling to study? Try out Spaced Repetition Learning
by Ashraf Moosa University students spend much of their time studying and preparing for exams. The transition from high school to university can be quite challenging with the increased volume of work and demanding time pressures. Many students struggle to get through vast amounts of content before an exam. However,…
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Continue reading →: The difference between undergraduate and postgraduate studies
by Warwick Pitman My honours year thus far has been a very different year compared to my years as an undergraduate. The first thing I noticed is that there is more freedom given to students to learn about the science they want to learn about. I often found myself going…
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Continue reading →: No thesis is worth your sanity
by Kaitlyn Sparks There is a test tomorrow. It looms in front of you. Nothing exists but the slides containing the information that surely should be in your brain by now. Your research write-up is due next week. You can’t bear to think about that right now. Assignment deadlines accumulate…
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Continue reading →: Edging closer to an idea popularized in science fiction: the culturing of embryos outside of the mother’s body
by Warwick Pitman Both my favourite science fiction novel, Brave New World, and science fiction film Blade Runner 2049, depict a reality in which ‘humans’ can be cultured outside of the mother until the end of embryonic development. The idea stems from the allure of potentially hacking biology in a…
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Continue reading →: The Real Heroes of Universities
by Sharief Hendricks The real heroes (or heroines if you like) of our tertiary institutions are the administrators and support staff. And like true heroes, their superpower often goes unnoticed, unrecognised. No doubt, a University will not function without the work of the administrative and support staff. Our research, travel,…
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Continue reading →: In my own bubble
by Kaylene Baron What makes the university experience more valuable is time spent with classmates and other students outside the lecture theatre. Due to COVID-19, that was minimal as all our lectures were online. With only a select few that were in person. Whenever we have a contact lecture or…
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Continue reading →: The New Genetics of Intelligence (Robert Plomin and Sophie von Stumm)
by Saleha Suleman For centuries, humans have been defined by how intelligent they are. Although the definition of intelligence has changed with evolving times and the differences in lifestyles, the importance of intelligence has not. It is a predictor for occupational, health and overall quality of life outcomes, more than…
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Continue reading →: Running and Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: What makes you weak at the knees? — Rugby Science
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) is a knee condition associated with anterior knee pain when loading the knee in movements like squatting, stair climbing, running and jumping (Ferber et al., 2015). Due to its high prevalence and running becoming an increasingly common form of exercise, it is important that high quality…
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