Devi Sridhar (University of Edinburgh) is reminding folk about the distinct probability of a pandemic stemming from Bird 'flu. She notes th...
Galanthophiles are Snowdrop enthusiasts. This year, they were allowed to flock to the Devon village of Buckland Monachorum, for the annual ...
The UK has Europe's 3rd highest obesity rate (after Malta and Turkey). Since 1992, UK governments have produced 14 strategies, to deal wit...
The Covid19 lockdowns ruled out most travel by taxonomists at London's Natural History Museum. This caused these identifiers to concentrate...
It's long been known that some 'zero-nicotine' vapes, actually contain substantial amounts of this highly-addictive material. It's now been...
I find my words on the UK government's responses to the Covid-19 pandemic being largely endorsed (perhaps a little more bluntly) by Anthony...
A Global Burden of Diseases Study maintains that only 'mature' folk get any benefits from drinking alcohol ( https://www.theguardian.com/so...
I don't think it's advisable to let people sign things concerned with 'life or death' decisions'on-line' (with just an email address). The ...
Measles is a human disease caused by one of our most infective viruses. It's transmitted, as folk breathe in a patient's air. For many year...
One of the commonest sources of poisoning in the UK, are folk failing to distinguish between Sweet chestnut (tasty) and Horse chestnut (tox...
Research from Arizona State University has suggested that human sewage could be fruitfully 'mined' for gold, silver and platinum ( http:...
Researchers have reportedly found fossilised dandruff in association with the remains of small, carnivorous, feathered dinosaurs ( htt...
There is a recent study from Oslo University claiming that plague in Europe was largely introduced by Gerbil fleas rather than those of ...
It is reported that new species of damsel and dragonflies are appearing or re-appearing in the UK ( https://www.theguardian.com/environmen...
Unlike some people, I have never knowingly, tried to mislead people on social media (with the possible exception of an April Fool prank, I ...
It has now been reported that an unvaccinated Snow leopard at San Diego zoo has contracted a Covid19 infection ( https://www.theguardian.co...
Vow Foods is an Australian company, specialising in culturing meats in the laboratory. Most companies, operating in this general area, use...
There is no doubt that scientists can be as whacky, deluded, devious and self-serving as any other group in our society. Having said tha...
It had been assumed that the progenitor of the UK's domesticated Honeybee, had been wiped out by disease and the introduction of other ecot...
Formula milk manufacture, for feeding human babies, is a multibillion dollar industry. A substantial Imperial College (London) survey eval...
