THE SCIENCE INSIDE - Artificial Intelligence

The sustainability of our planet's natural resources is important for all people and their wellbeing. We find out why Africa's food security is at risk with Professor Joachim von Braun, who is the director of the Centre for Development Research (ZEF) at Bonn University in Germany and professor for economic…

South Africa is facing the world’s biggest recorded outbreak of listeriosis and we find out why this food-borne disease is so unique. In Unscience, hear why expensive fake medicine might just work better than cheap placebos. Find us on www.journalism.co.za/science Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/thescienceinsidepodcast

Inxeba (The wound), a South African film which sparked nationwide conversation around issues of culture, initiation, circumcision, and masculinity, inspires our show this week and we are looking at the medical aspects of male circumcision (MMC). We speak to Dr. Thabani Nkwanyana and he unpacks all you need to know…

The 23rd Winter Olympics are underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea. We look at how fake snow is made and the effects of climate change on snow sports with professor Marius Mayer of the Ernst Moritz Arndt-University in Greifswald, he tells us more. In Unscience, mining other planets for diamonds could…

Tragedy struck Hulene, a town on the outskirts of Mozambique when twenty-one people living on the town’s only landfill, were killed by a 50m high rubbish heap which collapsed on their homes. This week’s show was inspired by this topic and we had a chat with a consulting engineer and…