Turkey-Syria earthquake: the risk of aftershocks and what can be done to protect rescuers: As the first United Nations aid convoy made it across the Turkish border into Syria, the regional death toll from the earthquakes four days earlier climbed steadily past 19,000. And it looks set to rise higher still. Quite a lot of …
Seven ways to protect your health when cooking with gas: A gas stove can expose you to harmful indoor air pollution. Goodbishop/Shutterstock Cooking can pollute the air inside your house to such an extent that breathing in your kitchen may be as safe as breathing by a busy roadside. A poor supply of oxygen can …
MySociaLife announces world first video show to protect teens, OneLife: “Kids are receiving devices younger, staying online longer and are exposed to more content, more strangers and more risks than ever before. And yet the school system hasn’t equipped them for modern digital life. That had to change.” These are the words of an award-winning …
Rare genetic disease may protect Ashkenazi Jews against tuberculosis – new study: Tuberculosis, humanity’s greatest infectious killer, is caused by bacteria that usually affect the lungs but can also affect many other organs in the body. In 2021, around 10.6 million people worldwide fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) and 1.6 million people died from the …
The sharing economy can expose you to liability risks – here’s how to protect yourself: HTeam / Shutterstock Sharing platforms have become a regular part of our lives for travel and daily needs, especially for young people. In 2018, Airbnb reported that the majority of its users were millennials. And with the ongoing cost of …
It’ll take 150 years to map Africa’s biodiversity at the current rate. We can’t protect what we don’t know: Niassa Special Reserve in Northern Mozambique's is just one of the continent's under-mapped biodiversity areas. Harith Omar Morgadinho Farooq The African continent is bursting with biodiversity. In a 2016 report, the United Nations Environment Programme wrote: …
Offshore wind farm construction is noisy – but gadgets used to protect marine mammals are working: Harbour porpoises are the most common toothed whale in the turbine-rich North Sea. Onutancu/Shutterstock The European Union had 14.6 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy installed in 2021, and this is projected to increase by at least 25 times …
The amazing system plants use to shape their roots and why it could help protect crops from climate change: lewan/Shutterstock Plants have colonised the vast majority of the Earth’s surface. So what is the key to their success? People often think of plants as simple, senseless life forms. They may live rooted in one place, …
70 years on from London’s Great Smog, we still need cleaner air to protect health: London’s Great Smog of December 1952 was the largest in a series of “pea soupers” which brought normal activity to a halt across the capital. The smog lasted from December 5 to December 9 and led to a large spike …
A liver disease drug could be repurposed to protect against COVID – new research: This drug could be effective regardless of the COVID variant. Explode/Shutterstock Almost three years into the pandemic, we’re still regularly seeing hundreds of thousands of new COVID cases recorded each day worldwide. In a new study, involving a combination of miniature …
Hearing loss: headphones and concerts could put young people at risk – here’s how to protect yourself: The more often you expose yourself to loud noise, the greater your risk of hearing loss. Melinda Nagy/ Shutterstock A recent study published in BMJ Global Health has estimated that over one billion people worldwide aged 12-34 years …
Civet musk, a precious perfume ingredient, is under threat. Steps to support Ethiopian producers and protect the animals: African civet Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock The African civet — an animal closely related to the mongoose and widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa — is among four mammals known to secrete scented compounds. Civets produce this “musk” to mark …
AlphaTV offers top UPS to protect devices from damage caused by load-shedding: Cape Town, November, 15, 2022: After seeing recurring issues with electronic devices, AlphaTV, an electronics expert in Cape Town recently added uninterrupted power supply devices (UPS) to its offering, highlighting its device protective benefits. Despite the common belief that switching on or off …
Is your fixed broadband bill about to go up? How to protect yourself from inflation-busting rate hikes: astarot / Shutterstock Inflation has caused the sharpest rise in food prices in the UK in 40 years, the latest official figures show. But it’s not just food costs that are soaring – or energy prices, for that …
Social media: how to protect your mental health: It is how we use social media that can either benefit or negatively impact our mental health. Rawpixel.com | Shutterstock The recent inquest into the death of British teenager Molly Russell in 2017 has concluded that the 14-year-old “died from an act of self harm while suffering …
From GameStop to crypto: how to protect yourself from meme stock mania: Meme stocks are investment assets that receive a lot of attention on social media. Jirsak / Shutterstock Recent rallies in stocks popularised on social media have attracted increasing numbers of investors looking to these so-called “meme stocks” for quick returns. But while it …
South Africa has a new traditional courts bill. But it doesn’t protect indigenous practices: Traditional courts don't reflect indigenous ways of dispute resolution. Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images After 14 years of highly controversial amendments, South Africa’s parliament has finally approved the Traditional Courts Bill. The Bill now awaits the signature of the President to …
South Africa is surrounded by sea but doesn’t have a plan to protect it: three steps to get one: Kalk Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images South Africa is surrounded by 2,798km of coastline. Yet, oddly, the country doesn’t have a coherent maritime strategy underpinned by a related national …