Don’t let food poisoning crash your picnic – six tips to keep your spread safe: Jenny_Tr/Shutterstock Nothing says summer quite like a picnic. Whether you’re lounging on a beach towel, stretched out in a park, or unpacking a hamper in your garden, picnics are a beloved way to enjoy good food in the great outdoors. …
How does Marburg virus spread between species? Young Ugandan scientist’s photos give important clues: In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound – formed by bat excrement – and sinks its teeth into a bat. But this is no ordinary bat colony. The thousands of Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus …
Gift-giving was practised by early humans in Africa – how it spread and evolved: For many countries around the world, December is an intense, commercialised period of gift-giving. Not just within families but across all sorts of relationships, such as gifts between buyers and service providers. Gift-giving, the act of presenting someone with a gift …
Terror attacks and kidnappings spread in Nigeria: why Lagos could be a target: Crimes that were previously associated with Nigeria’s northern region – like kidnapping for ransom and terrorism – appear to be spreading to the south-west region, including Lagos. Adewumi Badiora, an urban and community safety researcher, outlines urgent steps that must be taken …
Bird flu: what is it, how does it spread and how can we protect ourselves from it?: There has been an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital. The viral disease, also called avian influenza, killed 441 chickens out of a flock of 641 on a farm. There have been several outbreaks …
Elliott Erwitt: Jewish photographer who fled facism and spread a little joy in a post-WWII world: “Photography has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them,” Elliott Erwitt once said. Erwitt, who was one of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century, died on …
Football fans fighting food poverty: how a ‘lifesaving’ mobile pantry scheme spread across the country: Volunteers load up a van with food for the next 'mobile pantry'. @SFoodbanks It’s 9am in December on Tiber Square, a community space at the centre of one of Liverpool’s most diverse postcodes. The temperature is -5°C. Braving the cold, …
Bed bugs are a global problem, yet we still know so little about how they spread: Sleep tight… Dr Richard Naylor, CC BY-SA Bed bugs have recently exploded into the limelight amid widespread reports of a major outbreak in Paris. The more people share photos of bed bug bites on social media, the more concerned …
Hip-hop at 50: how the sights, sounds and moves of the music spread across the world: Rapper's Delight was one of the first hip-hop tracks ever released. Granamour Weems Collection/Alamy On August 11 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy threw the now legendary Back To School jam in the recreation room of 1520 …
Kiswahili: how a standard version of the east African language was formed – and spread across the world: Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images Kiswahili originated in east Africa, spreading around the continent and the globe. It’s been adopted as a working language at the African Union and there’s a push for it to become Africa’s lingua franca …
We found coronaviruses in UK bats — so far the danger’s minimal but we need to know more about viruses that can spread to humans: Agami Photo Agency/Shutterstock Most emerging infectious diseases are caused by zoonotic pathogens – viruses and bacteria which circulate in wild and domestic animals but are also capable of infecting humans. …
Cholera: vaccines can stop the spread, but the biggest deterrent is clean water: A member of the Syria Immunization Team holding cholera vaccinations. Anas Alkharboutli/picture alliance via Getty Images South Africa has experienced outbreaks of cholera since January. The worst was in May in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, where nearly 30 people died. Cholera is …
Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ are a problem — but a lot of thought is going into preventing their spread: Last week, Colombia recorded its first road traffic incident involving a hippopotamus. A car collided with the animal at speed leaving it dead on the road. The hippo was a descendent of the four animals that …
Bird flu continues to spread in mammals – what this means for humans and wildlife: As bird flu continues to decimate poultry and wild bird populations around the world, the virus – a deadly strain called H5N1 – appears to be spreading to mammals. The virus has already been confirmed in foxes and otters in …
What effect will lunar new year have on COVID spread in China? Our modelling shows most people have already been infected: China stuck rigidly to a zero-COVID policy until December 2022. This included travel restrictions, mass testing and mandatory quarantines. The rapid lifting of this strategy led to a surge of COVID infections across the …
The Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all: The black rat, or ship rat, was thought to have helped transmit the Black Death Shutterstock / Carlos Aranguiz The Black Death ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Plague outbreaks in Europe then continued until the 19th century. One of the …
South Africa’s prisons are a breeding ground for the spread of TB. Our model shows how: People in prison are more at risk of TB than the general population. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images South African prisons are famously overcrowded. Prison populations are believed to exceed capacity by an overall 33%, although that number …
Mangrove forests won’t be able to spread further in South Africa, so protecting them is crucial: A mangrove seed at Nxaxo estuary on South Africa's Wild Coast. J. Raw Mangrove forests are a common sight in some tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world like Indonesia, Florida in the US, parts of Brazil and Australia. …