HELL-BENT ON EXCLUSION 29 June 2025 The why behind the surge in Christian fundamentalist hate against transgender people By Elsabé Brits 7 min 2
FOSSIL FIRST 29 May 2025 Ancient protein from pre-human teeth reveals genetic secrets of human evolutionary tree By Elsabé Brits 4 min 2
COMPASSIONATE VISION 3 February 2025 ‘I screamed with joy’ — ‘bionic eye’ surgery at Tygerberg Hospital gives the gift of sight By Elsabé Brits 4 min 5
ANCIENT DNA PUZZLE 11 July 2024 Scientists build first 3D genome of extinct animal using freeze-dried woolly mammoth By Elsabé Brits 4 min 2
BODY AND SOUL 7 April 2024 Bearing witness to evil: Meet one of SA’s top forensic pathologists, responsible for thousands of post-mortems a year By Elsabé Brits 7 min 0
21 MARCH 1960 REVISITED 21 November 2023 What really happened in Sharpeville — new book reveals many more died in the massacre By Elsabé Brits 6 min 2
HEALTHCARE CRISIS 2 November 2023 Medical Day Zero - catastrophic budget cuts endanger Western Cape’s three academic hospitals By Elsabé Brits 6 min 15
BONES TO PICK 9 October 2023 Paleo myth clubbed on the head – ‘man the hunter, woman the gatherer’ is just not true By Elsabé Brits 6 min 4
SECRETS OF THE DEAD 5 June 2023 Scientists discover burials, symbols by extinct species in Cradle of Humankind By Elsabé Brits 9 min 5
GENETIC DIVERSITY 23 May 2023 A glimpse into the unknown – human genome gets a huge update By Elsabé Brits 4 min 1
CUTTING EDGE 19 April 2023 This is the ‘highest level of science’ – inside Stellies’ new Biomedical Research Institute By Elsabé Brits 5 min 1
PALEO DATING 17 April 2023 New study challenges the age of oldest cave at Cradle of Humankind By Elsabé Brits 5 min 0
