CURIOS.TY 20: #Thrive
What it takes to #Thrive ... The issue explores what it truly means to flourish – across a lifespan, within communities, and on and with our planet.
Thrive — Flourishing in a changing world
Welcome to the 20th edition of CURIOS.TY. This milestone reflects how far the magazine has come since its launch 10 years ago.
Before we begin…
Investing in antenatal care is crucial for South Africa’s future, but women need support even earlier than in pregnancy.
Ensuring sweet beginnings in early childhood
Parents can help their toddlers thrive if they encourage play and healthy eating habits.
Teenagers to save the world
Adolescence lasts from just 10 - 24 years old but it is revolutionary and innovative, which is what the world needs now.
Take back your life – offline
Although young professional adults mostly live online today, thriving in real life is about intentionality, not rejecting technology.
Modern Mzansi families
South µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø families are not all nuclear and members are not necessarily related but innovative socioeconomic strategies enable thriving and connection.
50 is the new 60
Africa’s population is living longer but not necessarily healthier. Research on brain health, gut health and robust policy can change this phenomenon.
The most powerful drug of all
It’s a simple premise, movement is medicine – not just a mantra for gym buffs and marathon runners. It’s a prescription for a good life.
Chemical chaos and deathly data silence
Menopause may be making itself heard in mainstream media but women across low- and middle-income countries need to shout louder.
Getting better together
Conquering diseases such as cancer requires many minds. A transdisciplinary approach, via hubs, can enable thriving.
The science of liver regeneration
The liver may already know how to heal itself but Wits scientists are exploring innovative ways to help it along.
Problem first, solution second
The traditional model of philanthropy in Africa is very different from the concept of µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø philanthropy.
What teachers and students need to thrive
Are we preparing students for our past or their futures? Universities need to redefine the relationship between student success and teaching excellence.
From resources to resilience
South Africa is rich in natural resources from minerals to sun and wind. What must change for our natural wealth to become thriving wealth?
Put a plug in it
Solutions that consider social realities and smart collaboration provide the City of Johannesburg with its best chance to resolve the ongoing water crisis.
Putting a price on care work
Revaluing care for the way it connects people, nature and climate change can help society better withstand crises.
No nature, no future
For humans to thrive, nature must thrive. For much too long, we have disregarded this fact. Now, it’s time to set that right.
Thriving through the lens of memory
Imagine this: you’re in a dark cinema, the screen flickers, and a family’s story begins to unravel…
‘Seeing’ the air that you breathe
A new AI-driven air quality monitoring system gives people the power to understand the risks to their health posed by air pollution.
Mapping the human story behind the science
PhD student Caitlin Wheeler digs deep beyond the data to connect with patients, students and mentors.
Co-designing the smart µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø city
Smart cities depend on more than technology to serve communities.
South µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø protest reflects the struggle to thrive
The right to protest is protected by South Africa’s Constitution, but growing use of interdicts by powerful actors undermines community's from thriving.
Barely surviving … or thriving
We are living life back to front. It’s time to draw up a new blueprint.
Exercise an old idea
The idea that movement is medicine dates back to the Ancient Greeks in Olympia but warrants resuscitation in the 21st Century.