[ad_1] This article is supported by the CASA programme. Small farms and agricultural firms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia are facing a billion dollar cash black hole for climate change adaptation, a report says. Overall there is a gap of US$106 billion in available investment in agricultural small- and medium-sized enterprises (agri-SME) ranging from farms,…
[ad_1] Bzzz. Oh no — a mosquito. Have you ever wondered how these small insects are so good at finding you? A new study has just identified one way they home in on us. It’s visual. Mosquitoes just like the look of our skin. Claire Rusch studies these bloodsuckers at the University of Washington in…
[ad_1] Zinc’s immune-boosting properties are well-established, but scientists haven’t known exactly how it works. In a new study published online March 25 in the journal Blood, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists reveal two ways the mineral supports immunity and suggest how it could be used to improve health. Using mice, the team discovered that…
[ad_1] Environmental protection measures implemented in recent years have seen positive outcomes in improving the health of the Mother River of China. Social media tends to emphasize the doom and gloom of environmental disasters. However, environmental improvement taking place in some parts of the world indicates our ability to support and even reverse the harm…
[ad_1] Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants. The agency said the Trump administration’s decision in 2020 not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water was made with the “best available peer reviewed science.” The…
[ad_1] Staying “well hydrated” in middle age may lower the risk of developing heart failure later in life, a new study suggests. The study researchers analyzed information from more than 11,000 adults ages 45 to 66 and followed them for 25 years. To examine their hydration levels, the researchers looked at the levels of sodium…
[ad_1] Stingrays and zebra mbuna fish shown fewer than five shapes can add or subtract “one” from the total to gain a reward Life 31 March 2022 By Carissa Wong Two zebra mbuna fish (Pseudotropheus zebra). Tests suggest the fish can perform basic arithmetic blickwinkel/F. Hecker/Alamy Stingrays and zebra mbuna fish can perform simple addition…
[ad_1] The star nicknamed Earendel (indicated with arrow) is positioned along a ripple in spacetime that gives it extreme magnification, allowing it to emerge into view from its host galaxy, dubbed the Sunrise Arc, which appears as a red smear across the sky. The whole scene is viewed through the distorted gravitational lens created by…
[ad_1] Just in case you missed the memo, it’s planet season! The planet parade starts as soon as the sky begins to darken, with Venus setting to the west and the wide pair of Saturn followed by Jupiter climbing in the southeast. This is the perfect time to capture the gas giants, since you don’t…
[ad_1] Rocket Lab and SpaceX both plan to launch missions on Friday (April 1), and you can watch the space doubleheader live. A Rocket Lab Electron vehicle is scheduled to loft two Earth-observing satellites for the American company BlackSky on Friday at 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 GMT) from Rocket Lab’s New Zealand site. Nearly four…