Insect populations around the world are in flux, with land-based bugs seeing a dramatic decline over 30 years – whereas their water-based cousins are thriving. A team of scientists from around the world made their findings by analysing 166 long-term survey of insects from 1,676 sites worldwide. They used their data to track populations of … Read more
The link between age and high death rates from coronavirus has been confirmed for the first time by researchers – and it could help predict the scale of future outbreaks. The University of Oxford study highlights the importance of age and demographics in explaining why some countries have higher rates of fatality than others. They … Read more
A food lab analyzed 110 commonly available honey products and found more than 70 percent were ‘adulterated’ with sugar from beets or corn A food lab analyzed 110 different kinds of commercially available honey Around 70 percent of the honeys were adulterated with other compounds Many honeys are mixed with sugar from beets, rice, or … Read more
Google’s parent company unveils AI camera system designed to help sustainably feed humanity by using computer vision to monitor health of fish populations Google’s parent company, Alphabet, unveiled a new AI camera system The system, called Tidal, is designed to monitor fish populations It uses computer vision to check for oxygen levels, feeding habits, and … Read more
Human populations in India SURVIVED the Toba ‘super-eruption’ 74,000 years ago that plunged the Earth into a decade-long ‘volcanic winter’ and led to the near-extinction of our species Experts thought humans outside Africa may not have survived Toba event Humans are known to have migrated out of Africa into Eurasia before this time Researchers have … Read more