history
2024-04 – Science meets history at Adler Museum of Medicine
April 29, 2024 – Wits University Exhibition celebrates the life and scientific journey of Nobel Laureate and alumnus Sydney Brenner. Professor Sydney Brenner (1927-2019) was a molecular biologist best known for explaining how DNA encodes the message to make proteins, which are the building blocks of cells and ultimately […]
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Already washed today? A short history of cleanliness
April 2, 2020, 5:00 a.m As long as there is no vaccine against the coronavirus, hygiene is the strongest weapon in the fight against the corona pandemic. Nothing beats washing your hands. But since when have we actually been doing this, how and why? A look back into the history of hygiene. We scrub ourselves […]
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