A beluga whale has been captured fetching a rugby ball and returning to it a boat of South African rugby fans near the Arctic pole.
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Science Daily
- Hit the sleep ‘sweet spot’ to keep brain sharp
- Lightweight electric wristband heaters for constant, portable warmth
- In your face: Children’s expressions tell the story of poor sleep
- Brain activation in sleeping toddlers shows memory for words
- People love the billionaire, but hate the billionaires’ club
- Doctors should stop relying on ‘mental shortcuts’ when deciding patient care
- Filling half of kids' plates with fruits and veggies helps increase consumption
- Why do we remember stressful experiences better?
- How highly processed foods harm memory in the aging brain
- Genes play key role in exercise outcomes
- New technique helps researchers understand how acid damages teeth
- Ranking healthfulness of foods from first to worst
- Americans are eating more ultra-processed foods
- Data continues to show that American’s need at least 5 hours per week of physical activity to prevent some cancers
- After two hours, sunscreens that include some zinc oxide can lose effectiveness, become toxic
All Africa
- Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa - One Planet, Two Worlds, Three Stories
- Africa: WHO and Partners Call for Action to Better Protect Health and Care Workers From Covid-19
- Africa: African Handball Confederation Zone IV - Senator Raymond Mbita Is New President
- Africa: 10 African Climate Youth Activists Changing the Face of the Planet
- Africa: Govts' Fossil Fuel Production Plans Dangerously Out of Sync With Paris Limits #AfricaClimateCrisis
- Africa: Major Investors to Reduce Portfolio Emissions 25-30% By 2025, Inaugural Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Progress Report Finds #AfricaClimateCrisis
- Africa: Road Impacts On Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Africa: 'When a Farm Goes Aflame' Focuses On a Father's Deception and Double Life
- Africa: May Youthconnekt Africa Summit Produce Solutions to Youth Problems
- Africa: South Atlantic Cable System Steps Up to Support Major Telco Operators and Global Content Providers
- Africa: Why Scholars Have Created Global Guidelines for Ancient DNA Research
- Africa: Yield Africa Foundation Trains 650 Youth, Women On Soft Skills
- Africa: Covid-19 Has Worsened Global Gender Gap - Report
- Africa: Only 'Real Equality' Can End Vicious Cycle of Poverty
- Africa: 1.5 Billion People Live With Soil Too Salty to Be Fertile - FAO
Rare blue/rainbow lobster
- UKZN to host 25th Poetry Africa Festival
- UKZN Graduate Thrives in the Entrepreneurship Space
- UKZN Alumnus Becomes Self-Published Author
- JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience – Online on Opening Night
- Radio Frequency Interference Testing of HIRAX Correlator Completed
- My Personal COVID-19 Experience
- Commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the Women’s March
- Professor Sudan Hansraj
- Dancer Joins School of Arts as “Artist in Residency”
- Sewing Assists Student to Beat Depression
- High Level Accreditation for UKZN’s Acclaimed Science Centre
- Read all about it! We launch In-Depth Magazine, UKZN’s newest Corporate Publication Offering
- Read all about it! We launch In-Depth Magazine, UKZN’s newest Corporate Publication Offering
- Read all about it! We launch In-Depth Magazine, UKZN’s newest Corporate Publication Offering
- Read all about it! We launch In-Depth Magazine, UKZN’s newest Corporate Publication Offering
Russian Volcano
Russian Volcano erupts for the first time in 95 years..
On June 22, the uninhabited volcanic island of Raikoke shot ash and volcanic glass so high into the air that it could be seen from space, and astronauts captured the moment .. Read more..
This is a 2 hour old baby hippo..
Baby hippo..
Now your appetite has been whetted, here are some more sweetie pie baby hippos.. starting with a video of a baby pygmy hippo taking a swim!
Endangered orangutans made homeless as farmers ..
start illegal forest fires to clear land for agriculture
The rampant burning, whilst useful for farmers, destroys the habitats of jungle residents forcing them down onto the ground where they are more open to predators.
One of those residents are critically endangered Sumatran orangutans who consider the jungle flora to be their home.
The population of the great ape is now thought to be as low as around 7,500 Read more..
The importance of trees
With the advent of rising global temperatures, animals are bearing the brunt of the heat..
Sheep huddle in the shadow of a wind turbine, desperate to escape the heat…
5 Reasons to Ditch Your Shampoo Bottle for a Shampoo Bar
Shampoo bars—hair cleanser in bar soap form—are the latest trend in hair care products. Usually made of natural ingredients to promote hair health, they’re also easier on the environment and great for travel. Here are five reasons to make the switch from bottle to bar.
1. Reduction of Plastics
Currently, about nine million tons of plastic get thrown into the ocean annually, which breaks down to one garbage truck full of plastic being dumped into the sea every minute. Shampoo bars cut out the need for plastic bottles, and most come wrapped in recycled paper or in paper boxes. They’re also convenient for traveling—just pop them in a metal tin available for that purpose. Read more..
India takes a bold step for the planet
India takes a bold step for the planet by banning single-use plastics
The mass production of plastic began in the 1950s and just about every piece of it is still here. It’s either still in use, sitting in a landfill or floating in the ocean.
Over 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic has been produced over the past 70 years and 8 million tons are dumped in the ocean annually.
“There’s so much plastic in the environment at this point… Read more..