South Africa: Cool Science Behind CSI, Global Warming and Gene Editing

It was heady stuff for 100-UP matrics on a Saturday morning - a customised menu offering cool science presentations on forensic investigation, global warming and genetic engineering - all delivered by top University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers.

The UCT Schools Development Unit's 100-UP programme is now in its eighth year, and the animated group that arrived on middle campus by bus on Saturday, 15 February, knew that they were in for a treat. The Saturday programme introduced them to the many facets and interfaces of science, drawing on three lectures presented at the Centre for Extramural Studies' (EMS) Summer School.

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