Young people took up smoking during the pandemic – how tobacco has been used for stress relief for more than a century: Lomb/Shutterstock In the UK and much of the west, smoking rates have consistently declined since the turn of the millennium. But during some of the most anxiety-ridden months of the COVID pandemic in …
Why a Southampton FC fan took their town to a historical ‘leet’ court over the colour of a bridge’s lights: I recently started following a Facebook page entitled “Angry People in Local Papers”. One story recently highlighted was reported in the Southampton Echo. Perry McMillan, a taxi driver and long-term Southampton FC fan, has made …
Flu season started early in Australia – countries in the northern hemisphere took note: Influenza is a seasonal virus that emerges and peaks in winter, so with evenings shortening in the UK, it’s time to think about flu again. Countries in the northern hemisphere closely monitor flu trends in Australia, because this helps predict how …
ChatGPT took people by surprise – here are four technologies that could made a difference next: NicoElNino / Shutterstock In the evolving relationship between technology and society, humans have shown themselves to be incredibly adaptable. What once left us breathless, soon becomes integrated into our everyday lives. The astonishing functionalities of large language models (LLM) …
Children’s book revolution: how East African women took on colonialism after independence: Detail from the cover of the children's book Kayo's House by Kenyan author Barbara Kimenye. Macmillan/Mactracks Series As independence from British colonial rule swept across East Africa in the early 1960s and freedom was won in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, parents and teachers …
Antisemitism on Twitter has more than doubled since Elon Musk took over the platform – new research: What goes on in the Twitter shadows. In the days after Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, the social media platform saw a “surge in hateful conduct,” which its then safety chief put down to a …
Fossil study brings us one step closer to revealing how ‘flying dinosaurs’ took flight: Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs Warpaint/Shutterstock If you think of flying dinosaurs, you probably picture an animal with long, leathery wings, sharp claws and a big beak. The animal you are imagining is not a dinosaur, it’s from a group of flying …
Elizabeth II took the throne at age 25 — one of the many young queens who shaped Britain’s history: Imagine being 25 years old and 5,000 miles from home when you get a call delivering the worst possible news – your parent has died. For Elizabeth Windsor, this call had a far greater impact. She …
South Africa’s estuaries face a growing threat from pollution: we took a close look at four: Mntafufu Estuary in the northern part of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Anusha Rajkaran In the popular imagination, estuaries don’t have the prestige or the romanticism of their two constituent parts: the rivers that feed them with freshwater from …
Boris Johnson never took full control of the Tory party – uniting it now seems impossible: Boris Johnson is a weakened prime minister after the recent confidence vote by his party’s MPs. The view among many political analysts and academics is that the 211-148 vote in his favour is too damaging, and he is unlikely …
How Vladimir Putin took control of Russian TV – and how that might be starting to crack: On March 14, Russian state television’s peak-time news programme, Vremya (Time), was interrupted by Marina Ovsyannikova, carrying a homemade placard denouncing the war and accusing the station of lying to the Russian people. Her protest was only visible …
COVID-19 self-testing: it’s time developing countries took the leap: COVID self-testing is widespread in developed countries. George Frey/Getty Images Laboratory testing plays a critical role for diagnosis of COVID-19. It’s the cornerstone of the global public health response, informing control measures and preventing transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The basis of infectious disease testing depends on the …
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Barney Rachabane: South Africa’s little giant who took an epic jazz journey: Detail from the album cover for Sweet Matara, 1976. Black Music Preparing for a jazz gig on 13 November 2021, I learned of the passing of my South African music soul brother and boyhood idol, Barney Rachabane. He was 75. The words of …
Fifty years ago, humans took the first full photo of Earth from space – the climate crisis means it’s time for another: This image of the Earth from a distance, known as the Blue Marble, was taken by Apollo 17 astronauts. NASAMarshall/Flickr, CC BY-SA “Everybody in the world needs to do this. Everybody in the …
South Africa in the news: All Blacks coach Ian Foster is grateful his side took on South Africa at the end of the Rugby Championship: The All Blacks arrive in Washington on Sunday night ahead of their first match of the northern tour against USA later this month. Foster says the two tests against the …
South Africa in the news: How Fastly took down a massive part of the internet for an hour: The company behind Tuesday’s massive internet outage has apologized for making a costly mistake that knocked out websites, apps and online services across the world.: “South Africa” – BingNews Plea to share spare coronavirus vaccines in order …
South Africa in the news: Prosecutors: Ex-South African leader took hundreds of bribes: Former South African President Jacob Zuma, adjusts his fact mask, in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Wednesday May 26, 2021, at the start of his corruption trial. (Phill Magakoe/Pool …: “South Africa” – BingNews Contingent Labor Management Software Market is …