Quest Volume 15.4

Table of Contents

• Editor’s Note

• Protecting paralympians: Investigating injury and illness in paralympic athletes
• A helping hand: Prosthetic hands developed at local universities
• Tukkies for the hearing-impaired: University of Pretoria academics assist the deaf
• Disability due to neuromuscular disease: Genomics research – Stephen Hawking profile
• High-tech aids for the blind and visually impaired: Exploring advances in assistive technology
• MOOC pursues dignity for disabled learners’: Online course for teachers and caregivers

• Chasing the rain in Jonkershoek: Retang Mokua samples a storm event
• Woer woers: How our African ancestors made sound in the Stone Age
• Shooting for the stars: Laser experiments replicate star conditions
• Q&A with a nuclear physicist: Interview with Dr Thabsile Thabethe
• No touching please: Non-invasive physiological measurements in wild animals

• SALT observes super-fast spirals
• Climate change
• Soapbox science
• Sunscreen from cashew nut shells?
• Marine sciences curriculum
• Girl Power!