What is Quest?
Quest: Science for South Africa is a full-colour, quarterly, popular science magazine aimed specifically at the youth and the general public who have an interest in the sciences.
It aims to present the country’s (South Africa’s) foremost scientific work in an accessible form and can be used to support curricula work at various levels and institutions.
Quest is distributed to public high schools with science departments, universities, libraries, science centres, government departments, parliamentary committees, embassies, NGOs, TVETs and resource centres.
Quest is also available at selected national science events, science Olympiads, DST events and Focus weeks and at various communal functions.
Inside our latest issue:
Message from our editor
As a journalist, one of my favourite TV series is The Newsroom (2012). One of its more memorable scenes (s03e03) involves news anchor Will Macavoy interviewing a distraught climate scientist who is so disillusioned by global warming that, when pressed if he isn’t worried his alarmist, apocalyptic predictions (based on evidence) will get him in trouble with his superiors, he simply states, “Who cares?”. That was my view for a time as well. The data coming from the various COP events and articles on climate modelling and expected impacts became so dire that I began to ignore them. It just became too depressing.
Latest Editions
Quest Vol 20.2 – Genetics 2.0
Quest Vol 20.1 – Opening AI
Quest Vol 19.4 – The Economy and You
Quest Vol 19 No. 3 – Generation SPACE
Winners of SA IYBSSD School Competition announced
Ancient DNA from South Africa rock shelter reveals the same human population stayed there for 9,000 years
Oakhurst rock shelter is an archaeological site near the town of George on the southern coast of South Africa. It is set into a sandstone
Vaccines for mpox are finally reaching Africa. But questions about the virus remain
On September 13,
Raisethorpe Secondary pupils shine at science fair
From fire retardant paint to asset-tracking software, Raisethorpe Secondary School’s matric pupils showcased their innovations at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists, KwaZulu-Natal Central Regional Science Fair.
