Sarah Wild

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Sarah Wild

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Sarah Wild is freelance science journalist, specialising in South African science and research. She studied physics, electronics and English literature in an effort to make herself unemployable. It didn’t work, and now she writes about particle physics, cosmology and everything in between. @sarahemilywild.

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Africa’s broken healthcare systems have an opportunity in Covid-19

Africa’s broken healthcare systems have an opportunity in Covid-19

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PublishedJune 1, 2020

African countries are struggling to access Covid-19 test reagents on the open market

African countries are struggling to access Covid-19 test reagents on the open market

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PublishedMay 8, 2020

South Africa is deploying its army to enforce the lockdown but also ramping up social spending

South Africa is deploying its army to enforce the lockdown but also ramping up social spending

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PublishedApril 22, 2020

South Africa’s president and ministers are taking a 33% pay cut and extended its lockdown

South Africa’s president and ministers are taking a 33% pay cut and extended its lockdown

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PublishedApril 9, 2020

South Africa is working on producing 10,000 ventilators by the end of June

South Africa is working on producing 10,000 ventilators by the end of June

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PublishedApril 8, 2020

South Africa is leading the continent’s coronavirus testing challenge boosted by private labs

South Africa is leading the continent’s coronavirus testing challenge boosted by private labs

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PublishedApril 3, 2020

South Africa’s leadership in HIV research is galvanizing to tackle coronavirus and develop tests

South Africa’s leadership in HIV research is galvanizing to tackle coronavirus and develop tests

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PublishedApril 2, 2020

South Africa is taking drastic steps to save its high-risk population from coronavirus

South Africa is taking drastic steps to save its high-risk population from coronavirus

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PublishedMarch 17, 2020

How long-discredited “race science” research got published from two South African universities

How long-discredited “race science” research got published from two South African universities

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PublishedJuly 29, 2019

Africa’s great heritage sites are being mapped out with point precision lasers

Africa’s great heritage sites are being mapped out with point precision lasers

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PublishedDecember 18, 2018

Smoking has risen 50% in Africa over 35 years even as it drops in high-income regions

Smoking has risen 50% in Africa over 35 years even as it drops in high-income regions

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PublishedMarch 14, 2018

Everyone with the sickle cell gene mutation descended from the same ancestor 7,300 years ago

Everyone with the sickle cell gene mutation descended from the same ancestor 7,300 years ago

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PublishedMarch 12, 2018

Think plastic is pure evil? The surprising benefits of the world’s most wasteful material

Think plastic is pure evil? The surprising benefits of the world’s most wasteful material

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PublishedJanuary 26, 2018

African countries need 50 times more doctors to curb their surgery deaths

African countries need 50 times more doctors to curb their surgery deaths

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PublishedJanuary 5, 2018

Using honey bees to protect one of Africa’s best-selling liqueurs

Using honey bees to protect one of Africa’s best-selling liqueurs

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PublishedNovember 30, 2017

South Africa has tripled its black science PhD graduates over the last decade

South Africa has tripled its black science PhD graduates over the last decade

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PublishedNovember 8, 2017

South Africa has spent millions of dollars subsidizing articles in scam academic journals

South Africa has spent millions of dollars subsidizing articles in scam academic journals

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PublishedSeptember 19, 2017

Ghana’s first radio telescope is the start of a continent-wide project to capture the complete African sky

Ghana’s first radio telescope is the start of a continent-wide project to capture the complete African sky

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PublishedAugust 26, 2017

Your bridal bouquet will soon be enhanced by genetically modified flowers from Kenya

Your bridal bouquet will soon be enhanced by genetically modified flowers from Kenya

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PublishedJuly 25, 2017

Citizen scientists’ photos capture the impact of climate change on southern Africa’s landscape

Citizen scientists’ photos capture the impact of climate change on southern Africa’s landscape

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PublishedJune 3, 2017