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🌍 On This Day — 20 March The March Equinox occurs, when day and night are nearly equal worldwide. it marks a key moment in Earth’s orbit — important for astronomy, climate science, and seasonal systems.#NITheCS #Astronomy #EarthScience #OnThisDay

On This Day — 19 March 1915: Pluto was first photographed at Lowell Observatory, foreshadowing its later discovery. This highlights how unnoticed data can exist, a key concept in data science. #NITheCS #ScienceHistory #Astronomy #DataScience #OnThisDay

Attend the NITheCS Mathematical Structures Mini-course: “Tangent Categories – Part II” by Dr Marcello Lanfranchi (Macquarie Uni.). 📅 Thurs, 19 March ⏰ 14:00–16:00 SAST Attend online or in person. buff.ly/wpHFTAM #Mathematics #TangentCategories #MathStructures #Geometry

🚀 🚀 On This Day — 18 March 1965: Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history with the first spacewalk during the Voskhod 2 mission, marking a major milestone in space exploration and engineering. #NITheCS #SpaceScience #OnThisDay #Engineering

NITheCS Colloquium: “Beyond Linear Thinking: Statistical Approaches for Directional Data” - Dr Priyanka Nagar (SU). 🗓 Mon, 23 Mar ⏰ 16:00–17:00 📍 Attend online or in person 🔗 buff.ly/O4coulz #DirectionalData #BeyondLinearThinking #StatisticalScience #ManifoldModeling

Thank you, Dr. Philip Southey, for an incredible colloquium on "Free Will, Twin Earth, and a Grand Unified Theory? A scientist’s introduction to the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein." Such an insightful session! Recording coming soon on the NITheCS YouTube Channel.

🧬 On This Day — 17 Feb 1792 Born: Karl Ernst von Baer, a pioneer in embryology who discovered the mammalian ovum and formulated von Baer’s laws of development. His work laid the foundation for modern developmental biology. #NITheCS #ScienceHistory #Biology #OnThisDay

Thank you for joining today's NITheCS Colloquium on "Free Will, Twin Earth and a Grand Unified Theory? A scientist’s introduction to the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein" by Dr. Philip Southey (Stellenbosch University). We appreciate our in-person and online audience!

💻 On This Day — 16 March 1926 Born: Ray Tomlinson, who invented email and introduced the “@” symbol for addressing messages — revolutionizing digital communication.#NITheCS #ComputerScience #Innovation #OnThisDay

🔭 On This Day — 13 March 1781 Astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus, the first planet found with a telescope. This expanded the known Solar System for the first time in modern astronomy.#NITheCS #Astronomy #ScienceHistory

NITheCS & QSUN Seminar: “Quantum Effects in Microtubules: Energy Flow, Information Dynamics & Relevance to Neurodegeneration” - Dr Lea Gassab. 📅 Fri, 20 Mar @ 14h00 SAST 💻 Attend online or in person 🔗 buff.ly/qfZ4iBN #QuantumBiology #Microtubules #QuantumNeuroscience

Join the NITheCS Colloquium with Dr Philip Southey (SU): “Free Will, Twin Earth and a Grand Unified Theory? A scientist’s introduction to the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein” 📅 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 ⏰ 16h00–17h00 SAST 🔗 buff.ly/MvbHOkr #Wittgenstein #PhilosophyOfScience

⚛️ Nuclear Science / PhysicsOn This Day — 11 March 2011 The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began after a massive earthquake and tsunami, reshaping global discussions on nuclear energy, risk modelling, and complex systems.

NITheCS Mathematical Structures Mini-course: ‘Tangent Categories’ – Dr Marcello Lanfranchi (Macquarie University) 📅 Thurs, 12 March 2026 🕑 14h00–16h00 SAST 📍 Attend online or in person buff.ly/klbsBBl #CategoryTheory #DifferentialGeometry #MathematicalStructures

NITheCS & SU Seminar: ‘Tree-based Imputations in the Presence of Right-Censored Data for Machine Learning Applications’ – James Grove (SU) 📅 Fri, 13 Mar @ 13h10 SAST 📍 Attend in person or online buff.ly/DwJ3ZqT #MachineLearning #StatisticalLearning #SurvivalAnalysis

🌌 On This Day — 10 March 1977 Astronomers discovered that Uranus has a ring system, revealing that rings are not unique to Saturn. #NITheCS #Astronomy #OnThisDay

Thank you Prof Martin de Wit and Prof Pedro Monteiro for an incredible colloquium on "Integrating Earth System and Socio-Economic Modelling for South Africa " such an insightful session! Recording of the colloquium coming soon on the NITheCS YouTube Channel.

Thank you all for joining today's NITheCS Colloquium, "Integrating Earth System and Socio-Economic Modelling for South Africa," led by Prof Pedro Monteiro and Prof Martin de Wit from Stellenbosch University. We appreciate our in-person and online audience!

Reminder – NITheCS Colloquium: 'Integrating Earth System & Socio-Economic Modelling for SA' 🗓 Today @ 16h00 📍 Attend online or in person ⚠️ The Stellenbosch venue is Room 1041, Mathematical Sciences / Industrial Psychology Bldg. buff.ly/H2DeAbG #EarthSystemScience

Attend a FREE NITheCS Software Carpentry Workshop: “Introduction to Shell, Git and Programming with R”. 📅 16–20 March 2026 🕘 09h00–13h00 SAST 📍 Online Apply by 13 March. mailchi.mp/nithecs/carpen… #SoftwareCarpentry #ResearchComputing #Shell #Git #RStats #ResearchSkills