Ghana wants to restrict imports on 22 products – an economist explains how, why and what else must be done: Ghana’s Ministry of Trade and Industry has tabled in parliament a proposed ban or restrictions on imports of certain goods, including rice, sugar, poultry, fruit juices and animal intestines (tripe). The proposed legislation empowers the …
New research reveals that Ötzi the iceman was bald and probably from a farming family – what else can DNA uncover?: In 1991, hikers came across a body that was partially contained in ice high up in the Alpine province of South Tyrol, Italy. Initially thought to be from a recent death, the body was …
TB in children isn’t being controlled – it’s key to fighting the disease for everyone else: In many developing countries TB vaccination for children after birth is mandatory. Paul Kane/Getty Images World TB Day on March 24th will commemorate the day in 1882 when Professor Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered the …
Scrapping use-by dates could prevent huge amounts of food waste – here’s what else could help: Supermarkets are beginning to remove date labels on fruit and veg to tackle the food waste issue. Adam Melnyk/Shutterstock Before ending up on a European supermarket shelf, an avocado has effectively emitted 1.3 kilograms of carbon into the atmosphere. …
Polio was recently detected in sewage in the UK – here’s what else scientists look for in our wastewater: DedMityay/Shutterstock We recently learned that poliovirus had been detected in sewage in north and east London between February and May 2022. Poliomyelitis (polio) is an infectious disease that can cause paralysis and death, mainly in children. …
Voters value honesty in their politicians above all else – new study: As pressure mounts on the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, members of his party are considering their options. Should they topple him or keep him? Those who want him out fear that the public will not forgive the string of alleged social events …
What was everyone else doing while Downing street was hosting ‘work gatherings’ in the garden? A look at the data: Many people around the UK have been scrolling back through the photos on their phones to remind themselves where they were on May 2020, while staff at 10 Downing Street were gathering for what Boris …
Novak Djokovic: the legal problem of having one rule for some, another for everyone else: Since the start of the pandemic, anyone wishing to enter Australia has had to contend with one of the strictest immigration and quarantine regimes in the world. While requirements have been loosened for vaccinated visa-holders, tough rules remain in place …
South Africa in the news: Virat Kohli’s on Notice in South Africa: Score Runs and Win Series, Else…: Virat Kohli is a brave man. He shows his bravery every time he walks out to bat for India against some of the fiercest bowlers in the world. But his bravery in front of the media on …
Wales is having a rethink about its place in the UK – could it lead the way for everyone else?: Shutterstock Can the United Kingdom survive Brexit? This remains one of the great unanswered questions of our time. Politically, two major narratives have dominated. The first is that the UK is on a break-up trajectory. …
One in three heat deaths since 1991 linked to climate change – here’s how else warming affects our health: Since 1991, 37% of lives lost due to extreme heat globally can be attributed to climate change on average. That’s according to a new study which gathered data from 732 locations across 43 countries and calculated …
Saint James, ‘brother’ of Jesus: it turns out his ancient remains belong to someone else: Saint James the Lesser is believed to have been martyred in AD 70. Wikicommons Hunched innocuously in the shadow of Rome’s mighty Piazza Venezia, just a stone’s throw from one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, the Santi Apostoli church might …
Has Earth been visited by an alien spaceship? Harvard professor Avi Loeb vs everybody else: Artist's impression of 'Oumuamua. ESO/M. Kornmesser , CC BY-SA A highly unusual object was spotted travelling through the solar system in 2017. Given a Hawaiian name,?Oumuamua, it was small and elongated – a few hundred metres by a few tens …
Why Mauritius is culling an endangered fruit bat that exists nowhere else: Jacques de Speville, Author provided The endangered Mauritius fruit bat is once again the centre of a controversial cull at the hands of its government, much to the alarm of wildlife conservation organisations. Under pressure from both farmers and the public, the government …
Is open source a development model, business model, or something else?: The term “open source” was coined in 1998 at a strategy session held by Open Source Initiative (OSI). The OSI maintains the Open Source Definition (OSD), which places mandates on the distribution terms of any software that claims to be open source. The OSI also …
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Your culture and leadership can’t be copied; everything else can! – a Culture interest event taking place on 2019-06-26 18:30:00 in Jordan Businesses in the digital era are continuously transforming, disrupting, or being disrupted at an ever accelerated rate. Today, the merging of strategy-execution with frontier technologies such as AI and Data Analytics, to name …
Emacs, Vim, or something else?: Some topics are just bound to bring about a roaring argument spirited intellectual discussion. At the dinner table, it might be religion or politics. But among open source users, aside from asking about preferred Linux distributions, the next most rabblerousing stimulating question is likely around what text editor you prefer. read more: …