The Science Inside

This week's topic is the water crisis in South Africa.

The show starts with how the joys of brewing beer can solve a water crisis. From there we chat to Professor Anthony Turton about why we are on the brink of chaos and Senta Berner about how angry people can become when their water is cut off.

The Science Inside is produced and presented by Paul McNally.

Producer: Elna Schutz

Technical producer: DJ Keyez

Researcher & co-presenter: Lutfiyah Suliman

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This week we look at South Africa's struggling health system. We go to Hillbrow in Johannesburg to check on the technology needed to prevent TB and how it is used (or failed to be used). We got to Alexandra to investigate their rat problem.

The Science Inside on Vowfm 88.1 - Mondays 6-7pm - Stream on vowfm.co.za.

The Science Inside is produced and presented by Paul McNally.

Producer: Elna Schütz

Technical producer: DJ Keyez

Researcher & co-presenter: Lutfiyah Suliman

Visit journalism.co.za and News24.com for more content.

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Ever wanted to go to space?

We're looking beyond earth this episode with Mars One's Kobus Vermeulen. We also find out whether an asteroid is likely to hit your home any time soon with the help of NASA and Jerome Jooste, Johannesburg chairman of the Astronomical Association of SA.

The Science Inside on Vowfm 88.1 - Mondays 6-7pm - Stream on vowfm.co.za.

The Science Inside is produced and presented by Paul McNally.

Producer: Elna Schütz

Technical producer: DJ Keyez

Researcher & co-presenter: Lutfiyah Suliman

Visit journalism.co.za and News24.com for more content.

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This episode of The Science Inside looks at President Zuma's Nkandla .

We find out the truth behind fire pools and fire engineering, look into the power of President Zuma's words and hear about poisoning following the rumours that Zuma's wife might have poisoned him.

The Science Inside is produced and presented by Paul McNally.

Producer: Elna Schütz

Technical producer: DJ Keyez

Researcher & co-presenter: Lutfiyah Suliman

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Jayde Panayiotou's murder and Chris' trial has filled the headlines.

On this episode we challenge the misconceptions around murder statistics, find out what lovebirds have to do with prison rehabilitation and look into how dogs search and rescue missing people.

The Science Inside is produced and presented by Paul McNally.

Producer: Elna Schütz

Technical producer: DJ Keyez

Researcher & co-presenter: Lutfiyah Suliman

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The earthquake that shook Nepal has shocked the world.

Hear tenth-grader Chloe Jenkins' experience of the quake, then find out all about how earthquakes work with Prof Ray Durrheim from Wits. Later in the show Dr Charlotte Nobel and Medecins Sans Frontiers's Dan Sermand explain the medical medical dangers and response on Everest - with or without an earthquake.

The Science Inside on Vowfm 88.1 - Mondays 6-7pm - Stream on vowfm.co.za.

The Science Inside is produced and presented by Paul McNally.

Producer: Elna Schütz

Technical producer: DJ Keyez

Researcher & co-presenter: Lutfiyah Suliman

Visit journalism.co.za and News24.com for more content.

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#‎SayNoToXenophobia‬

You know the hashtag, but what's being done scientifically around xenophobia?

We find out about what genes can tell us about human migration from Dr Ian McKay at the Origins Centre at Wits University.

Elna finds out how to build a healthy xenophobia shelter with Medicine Sans Frontiers's Dan Sermand and Mark Pillai from Gift of the Givers.

The Science Inside on Vowfm 88.1 - Mondays 6-7pm - Stream on vowfm.co.za.

The Science Inside is produced and presented by Paul McNally.

Producer: Elna Schütz

Technical producer: DJ Keyez

Researcher & co-presenter: Lutfiyah Suliman

Visit journalism.co.za and News24.com for more content.

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With the current xenophobic violence in SA we kick off the show with a repeat of a story around migration.

The rest of the show is about the recent attack on the Garissa University by militant group Al-Shabaab that shocked not only Kenya but the world. We talk hostage negotiations and psychology with Lieutenant Colonel Ernst Strydom from SAPS.

The world’s biggest refugee camp Dadaab has been accused of playing a role in the attack, so later Doctors Without Borders’ Kate Elder will tell us about an adaptive method of vaccination that came out of refugee camps.

The Science Inside on Vowfm 88.1 - Mondays 6-7pm - Stream on vowfm.co.za.

This episode of the Science Inside is produced and presented by Elna Schütz.

Presenter: Paul McNally

Technical producer: DJ Keyez

Researcher & co-presenter: Lutfiyah Suliman

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Do you trust the pilot when you're on a flight?

After the recent GermanWings crash we're looking in to all things aviation.

We speak to Andrew Thatcher, an organisational psychologist from Wits University, first about how technology and people interact, and later about the psychological testing pilots go through. Michael Boer, lecturer at the school of Mechanical, industrial and Aeronautical Engineering here at Wits University, talks to us about airplane design.

The Science Inside on Vowfm 88.1 - Mondays 6-7pm - Stream on vowfm.co.za.

This episode of the Science Inside is produced and presented by Elna Schütz.

Presenter: Paul McNally

Technical producer: DJ Keyez

Researcher & co-presenter: Lutfiyah Suliman

Visit journalism.co.za and News24.com for more content.

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Ever wanted to go to space?

We're looking beyond earth this episode, with stories about Mars One's Kobus Vermeulen and how NASA plans to go to Mars. We also find out whether an asteroid is likely to hit your home any time soon.

The Science Inside on Vowfm 88.1 - Mondays 6-7pm - Stream on vowfm.co.za.

The Science Inside is produced and presented by Paul McNally.

Producer: Elna Schütz

Technical producer: DJ Keyez

Researcher & co-presenter: Lutfiyah Suliman Visit journalism.co.za and News24.com for more content.

Subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/za/podcast/the-s…side/id904715495

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