Who tracked UK COVID infections the best at the height of the pandemic? A new study provides the answer: At the height of the COVID pandemic everybody, from health ministers to Joe public, wanted to know two things: how many infected people are there in the country? And is this number going up or down? …
How we tracked one small seabird species’ remarkable flight into a typhoon: Streaked shearwater in flight Yusuke Goto In 2018, 49,000 people in Japan were ordered to evacuate their homes as the strongest typhoon in 25 years, Typhoon Jebi, was on course to make landfall. Among those heading for shelter were my colleague Ken Yoda, …
Foreign banks are absent in Nigeria. We tracked down why: Central Bank of Nigeria, Ibadan zonal office. Wikimedia Commons Privately owned Nigerian banks hold 94% of Nigerian banking assets. Only one other country in the world – Israel – has a higher share of ownership by local banks. The share of banking assets is the …
We tracked male honeybees for two years to find out where they look for sex: Shutterstock/Photografiero Honeybees pollinate a lot of our food crops, they’re welcome visitors to our gardens and they are widely kept throughout the world – so much so that some have described them as a domesticated species. It may come as …
How we tracked the eating habits of snakes in Africa with the help of a Facebook group: A boomslang eating a bullfrog. Provided by author/ G Cusins Snakes are a diverse lineage of reptiles that are found on every continent except Antarctica. Despite differences in appearance, habitat preference, defence tactics and underlying biology, one thing …
We tracked Soweto mothers-to-be to find out more about diet and obesity patterns: GettyImages Pregnancy has been described as a “teachable moment” for promoting healthy lifestyle choices. This is because pregnant women are highly motivated to make behavioural changes. Whether the change involves taking a prescribed medication or supplement, or giving up a risky behaviour …
We tracked coral feeding habits from space to find out which reefs could be more resilient: A healthy coral reef on Millennium Atoll, Southern Line Islands. Brian Zgliczynski, Author provided Coral reefs are an invaluable source of food, economic revenue, and protection for millions of people worldwide. The three-dimensional structures built by corals also provide …