Avalanches can grow 100 times larger under the sea than on land – here’s why they’re a risk to the internet: ZHMURCHAK/Shutterstock Underwater avalanches are powerful natural events that happen all the time under the surface of the ocean. They are impossible to see and extremely difficult to measure, which means we know little about …
Plant roots mysteriously pulsate and we don’t know why – but finding out could change the way we grow things: Nikita M production/Shutterstock You probably don’t think about plant roots all that much – they’re hidden underground after all. Yet they’re continually changing the shape of the world. This process happens in your garden, where …
Why the assumption that British voters switch to the Conservatives as they grow older is wrong: Shutterstock/Olga_Lots If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by the time he is 40, he has no brain. At first glance, this quote, …
People who grow their own fruit and veg waste less food and eat more healthily, says research: Households that produced their own fruit and veg wasted 95% less than the average UK household. Air Images/Shutterstock The rising cost of living is making it harder for people, especially those on lower incomes (who often have poorer …
How to grow rhinos in a lab: the science that could save an endangered species: Najin, one of two northern white rhinos left in the world, grazes in a paddock in Kenya. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images There are several parallel projects running across the world to save the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), …
Women’s World Cup: how better sports diplomacy can help women’s football grow: The 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup is set to be the biggest yet. Co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, the event is projected to have over a million spectators and 2 billion television and digital viewers. Fifa plans to use the event to …
Kenya needs to grow more food: a focus on how to irrigate its vast dry areas is key: A substantive amount of irrigation in Kenya is being implemented quietly by self-motivated farmers. Shutterstock More than 80% of Kenya’s land mass is made up of arid and semi-arid areas. So, if Kenya is to increase its …
Insects are vanishing worldwide – now it’s making it harder to grow food: Catherine_P/Shutterstock Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. Some studies were …
The history of chocolate: when money really did grow on trees: Advent calendars with hidden chocolatey treats, huge tins of Quality Street and steaming cups of hot chocolate festooned with whipped cream and marshmallows are all much-loved wintry staples at Christmastime. But how many of us stop to think about where chocolate actually comes from …
Regulations can burden small businesses but our research shows they can also help them grow: Small businesses can benefit from following rules. Dragana Gordic / Shutterstock A couple of weeks before her short stint as prime minister ended, Liz Truss delivered on a pledge to tackle what some – including Truss – saw as red …
How to grow plants on the moon – new study: Harvest Moon – October 1 2020. Kevin Gill/Flickr, CC BY-SA What do you need to make your garden grow? As well as plenty of sunshine alternating with gentle showers of rain – and busy bees and butterflies to pollinate the plants – you need good, …
Intel can’t even grow profits during a global chip shortage – where did it all go wrong?: Intel Inside no longer means what it once did. Slejven Djurakovic, CC BY-SA American chip-making giant Intel is a shadow of its former self. Despite the global semiconductor shortage, which has boosted rival chipmakers, Intel is making less …
Dune: how high could giant sand dunes actually grow on Arrakis?: Frank Herbert first published his science-fiction epic Dune back in 1965, though its origins lay in a chance encounter eight years previously when as a journalist he was tasked to report on a dune stabilisation programme in the US state of Oregon. Ultimately, this …
South Africa in the news: Global calls grow for the lifting of the southern African travel ban: Omicron is now spreading inside Britain. Doesn’t this mean London should lift the controversial travel ban on South Africa and other southern African countries, as the horse has already bolted?: “South Africa” – BingNews Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine partially …
South Africa in the news: Global Power Sports Market is Projected to Grow USD 45.65 billion by 2028 : Fior Markets: Type (All-Terrain Vehicles, Snowmobiles, Side-by-Side, Heavyweight Motorcycle and Watercraft), Region, Global Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2021 to 2028Newark, NJ …: “South Africa” – BingNews Warrant of arrest issued for …
South Africa in the news: The future for synthetics lies in that it has become possible to grow a stone you want and make what you want out of it: Alex Popov, President of the Moscow Diamond Exchange and head of the Âme jewelry brand, which uses lab-grown diamonds to produce jewelry, sat for an …
We throw away a third of the food we grow – here’s what to do about waste: Shutterstock The COVID pandemic has shown the fragility of our global food supply chains, with many supermarkets and restaurants in almost every country having experienced food shortages. Millions of people in the UK alone have experienced severe food …
South Africa in the news: IoT Medical Devices Market Expected to Grow Faster According to New Research Report – 2028: IoT medical devices market is expected to gain market growth in the forecast period of 2021 to 2028 Data Bridge Market Research analyses the market to reach at an estimated value of USD 90 75 …