Pesticides: farming chemicals make insects sick at non-deadly doses – especially in hot weather: Farm workers are also at risk of serious harm from pesticide exposure. Bell Ka Pang/Shutterstock The various regulatory systems for approving pesticides in operation around the world are crude and flawed. This has long been clear to scientists and it is …
Bicycles can change lives, especially in rural Africa – new report looks at their use in Ghana and Malawi: Bicycles are particularly valued for carrying loads. peeterv/Getty Images, CC BY To many people around the world bicycles are a crucial means of transport, especially for carrying loads in rural areas. While their benefits are huge …
Bed rotting: the social media trend the Victorians would love, especially writer Elizabeth Gaskell: Brooklyn Museum/Wikimedia Social media has created a number of crazes recently under the theme of “wellness” and the latest, it seems, is “bed rotting”. It involves retreating to bed, indulging in snacks and TV, ignoring life’s responsibilities, and only emerging again …
Britain’s energy price cap left many people confused – especially Conservative voters: Andrey_Popov / shutterstock If you’re in the UK, how do you understand the government’s plan to deal with energy prices? Has it: Capped energy bills for all households at £2,500 for the next two years; Capped the price of energy so a typical …
Ukraine: survey shows British people, and especially Tory voters, feel very differently about some refugees than others: As of late May, in the three months since Russia invaded Ukraine, 6.8 million refugees had fled the war into other countries. The majority, some 3.6 million people, headed to Poland, while another million went to Romania. European …
Why COVID-19 has left the UK especially vulnerable to flooding this winter: Dave Knibbs / shutterstock Winter is here and, as a researcher who monitors flooding, I find it more daunting than ever. The UK faces a formidable trend of warmer and wetter winters, which already increase the risk of floods. On top of that, …
How leadership matters in healthcare – especially in a crisis: The official opening and handover of a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic presents a complex situation, requiring multiple stakeholders in the healthcare sector to work well together. Many healthcare workers are experiencing high levels …
Older people can feel left behind by new technology – so we built a device especially for them: pathdoc/Shutterstock Only 20% of over-75s in the UK have a smartphone compared to 95% of 16-to-24-year-olds. Digital technologies change fast, become obsolete quickly and usually need you to spend a bit of time learning how to use …