We found a germ that ‘feeds’ on hospital plastic – new study: Amparo Garcia/Shutterstock.com Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time – and some of nature’s tiniest organisms may offer a surprising way out. In recent years, microbiologists have discovered bacteria capable of breaking down various types of plastic, hinting …
Social media content in times of war: an expert guide on how to keep violence off your feeds: There are some practical ways to filter the amount of violent and graphic content you see on social media. bubaone Social media platforms are a great source of information and entertainment. They also help us to maintain …
Racism and the Labour party: investigation after investigation feeds an endless factional loop: Before becoming leader of the Labour party in September 2015, Jeremy Corbyn will have anticipated a fractious experience ahead. Labour leaders have almost always presided over party divisions, many of which have spilled over into crisis. For Corbyn, who swept to victory …
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Carbon dioxide feeds plants, but are earth’s plants getting full?: lowpower225 / shutterstock Plants do a lot of work for us, producing the air we breathe, the food we eat, and even some of our medicine. But when it comes to removing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we may have been overestimating their ability. Photosynthesis …
Journalism makes blunders but still feeds democracy: an insider’s view: The Sunday Times, South Africa's largest weekend newspaper, was used to spread disinformation. Gianluigi Guercia/AFP via Getty Images Anton Harber, the veteran South African journalist, editor and journalism professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, has a new book out. So, For the Record: Behind …
South Africa in the news: Carpe diem: Invasive fish feeds hungry in South Africa’s lockdown: Here, on the picturesque coast of South Africa, environmentalists are hard at work trying to eradicate an invasive alien species. The fish, introduced into Groenvlei in the 1800s, has proliferated so …: “South Africa” – BingNews Rugby-Jaguares can’t afford top …
Food that feeds the world and heals it too – Imagine newsletter #6: The future of farming is ours to decide. Raggedstone/Shutterstock According to experts, today’s global agriculture system faces a crisis. Intensive farming with heavy ploughing machinery is causing soil to be lost up to 100 times faster than it is formed – and …
Rare glimpse of a black hole’s magnetic field could help us to understand how it feeds: Black hole Cygnus X. NASA/CXC/M.Weiss Encountering a black hole would be a frightening prospect for our planet. We know that these cosmic monsters ferociously devour any object that strays too close to their “event horizon” – the last chance …
Scuba Santa feeds the fish this holiday season in California new: As part of holiday festivities at the California Academy of Sciences, the fish are getting fed by a diver dressed as Santa Claus. The show known as “Scuba Santa” runs through Christmas Day. : Weird News Booby found on UK beach flown back to …
Economic exclusion feeds the politics of patronage in South Africa: South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is part of a faction which embraces patronage politics. Reuters/Mike Hutchings The politics of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) may be hogging today’s headlines, but they are a symptom of the economy’s development over the past two decades. …