Mukombero: A herb that thrives in western Kenya tops dietary endorsements for couple wellness during Christmas
The setting in of Christmas season has led to an unprecedented explosion of advertising of medicative substances online as male wellness topping business agenda. Aware of the grim risks posed by unapproved substances being promoted on social media – Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, among others – an online weekly See...
Germany ‘keeper Oliver Kahn opens up on his ‘depression as two billion people watched me fail’ in 2002 World Cup
“Two billion people watched me fail,” says Kahn in a recent statement while remembering the 2002 FIFA World Cup final. In Brazil’s 1-0 first half lead, Rivaldo shot from distance, Kahn failed to keep the ball firmly in his grip, and Ronaldo scored from the rebound. After the game that...
How cooked food led to enlarged brains, evidence in Kenya shows humans were roasting meat over fires 1.5 million years ago
This December, it’s cold and we’re constantly hungry, so we’re thinking about cooking. Also, yes, we’re going to get into the Graham Hancock Netflix series. You knew it was coming. At this time of year, as the temperatures drop and the rain is near-constant, I find myself always craving pies....
Changing attitudes: How catalytic mechanisms make desired behaviour automatic and easier
Reduce the cost of electricity after 6pm and let customers know about the cost savings potential. Cost-conscious people do their laundry and run their dishwashers in the evening and the power company defers the need to build a new power plant by reducing the peak demand. It’s voluntary, so compliance...
Why organisations are opting for catalytic mechanisms to tamp down negative energy
For years I’ve been fascinated by something that Jim Collins labelled “catalytic mechanisms” in a 1999 Harvard Business Review article. The article, titled Turning Goals into Results: The Power of Catalytic Mechanisms, described how to powerfully influence people in organisations to change their behaviour – easily, permanently and nearly effortlessly....
40-year trial shows organic farming produces higher yields, profits for farmers during droughts
The longest-running – four-decade – investigation comparing organic and conventional grain-cropping approaches in North America is reporting impressive results for organic. Recently announced in the Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial – 40-Year Report are these outcomes: Organic systems achieve 3-6 times the profit of conventional production. Yields for the organic...
Rustling: In northern Uganda, soldiers deem poorly dressed herders criminals, release those who speak English well
Suspects arrested by Ugandan military for cattle rustling are routinely held in prisons or army barracks. In Kotido district in northern Uganda four former detainees described the harrowing experience they had been subjected to, which included tortured in military custody. When the arrests happen, the first to be released were...
‘Hell is coming’: How Ugandan soldiers arrest and detain Karimojong herders, extort money and kill civilians
e than 300 men sat in a sunbaked sports field here in Moroto – shoeless, shirtless and surrounded by soldiers. Some were builders from a construction site, others staff from a tourist hotel. Ten were community health workers who had come to town for a training session with an international...
New medical study recommends switching from ordinary sugars to raw honey for healthy hearts
Consider replacing the sugar you consume with honey, says a new study from researchers at the University of Toronto. For people on a healthy diet in which no more than 10 per cent of daily calories come from sugar, honey actually provides cardiometabolic benefits. The study is a review and...
Racism in academia: Foreign PhD students wish supervisors could be made to account for their bias
Anecdotally, Black scholars in United Kingdom universities told UK Royal Society researchers that they were the only Black people in their department or institution and sometimes in their field. Kevin Lala, an evolutionary biologist at the University of St Andrew’s, UK, says that those who are members of under-represented groups...
