Heat is on: Kenyan women among others whose plight is to be addressed in food supply chain
Women are less able to adapt to heat than men, explains Kathy Baughman McLeod, chief executive of Climate Resilience. In Pakistan, hot and crowded homes cause sleepless nights for all, but cultural norms require women to stay indoors, while men can seek cooler conditions outside.
How technology is changing West African coast from piracy hub and illegal fishing paradise to safe haven
Since the Yaoundé Code of Conduct was signed in 2013, there has been some progress. As we found in a new study, tech-driven tools have been playing a vital role in addressing security threats at sea in west and central African countries.
Lid off: Experts accuse US of imposing Covid vaccines use to protect bioweapons industry
David Gortler, a doctor of pharmacy and a scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Centre in Washington, DC, focusing on FDA oversight and drug safety, said the lipid nanoparticles used in Covid-19 vaccines are “quite new” and as such, lack evidence of their safety.
War architecture: How robots are fighting robots in Russia’s war in Ukraine
Videos produced by Ukrainian and Russian soldiers show the drones, which are often first-person view (FPV) drones, being used to attack tanks and troops. As the war has raged on, another kind of robot has increasingly appeared in recent months: the unmanned ground vehicle or UGV.
Moon landing in 50 years: Spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based private company lands near moon’s south pole
The uncrewed six-legged robot lander, dubbed Odysseus, touched down at about 2323 GMT, the company and NASA commentators said in a joint webcast of the landing from Intuitive Machines’ opens new tab mission operations centre in Houston.
US censorship: First Amendment must keep pace with ‘the rise of behemoth social media platforms’
An amicus brief is filed by non-parties to a lawsuit to provide information that has a bearing on the issues and to assist the court in reaching the correct decision.
As a ‘late bloomer’ in digital culture the smartphone is a bad intruder in our 44-year-old marriage
The smartphone is a bad intruder in our home. We talk far less than ever before, yet talking and laughing together have in the past has glued us together, sharing our ups and downs. We hardly watch television together because of the smartphone. The smart phone consumes a lot of time that would go to keep the old people talking to one another. Worse still, when our children and their children visit us, each one has a smart phone.
Why modern farmers and scientists are keen on growing more crops for cows and cars, not food for humans
To see the yield gap in action, compare two important corn producers: the US and Kenya. In the US, the average yield is around 10.8 tonnes per hectare, while in Kenya it’s 1.5 tonnes. While the US is very close to its maximum theoretical corn yields, Kenya – taking into account its different climate – is way below its theoretical maximum. In other words, the US barely has a corn yield gap at all, while Kenya has a yield gap of about 2.7 tonnes per hectare below its theoretical maximum.
Researchers at Washington University create ‘meat-rice’ they say is fleshier, has more protein
According to the study, it’s essentially the same as eating 100 grams of rice with one gram of beef brisket – less than half a teaspoon. That’s because the beef-cell content is low and the cells probably form just a film over the rice, says John Yuen, a tissue engineer and molecular biologist at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. He says the nutritional content could be boosted by increasing the number of bovine cells on the rice grains.
While digital money apps are now a lifeline for war-affected Sudanese, rural areas are still on leeside
Bankak, developed by the Bank of Khartoum in 2014, is one of Sudan’s largest fintech services. It allows bill payments and money transfers at a daily limit of three million Sudanese pounds ($5,000) per customer.
