VICTORY! INDIA BANS SHARK FINNING
In a move to protect the ocean’s apex predators, India has announced a ban on the practice of shark finning that is being applauded around the world.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
WORLD’S CUTEST PLANES HEAD TO THE U.S.
Just when you thought the multibillion-dollar marketing phenomenon that is Hello Kitty might have colonized every corner of the merchandizing universe in Asia and possibly reached its natural limits, we […]
WORLD’S TOP CHEFS COOK FOR CHANGE
For Denmark’s leading chefs, it’s not only the “taste” that counts. Many have an ambitious goal to “revise the relationship between people and food,” use local ingredients, produce less waste […]
BROCCOLI SLOWS ARTHRITIS, RESEARCHERS THINK
Eating lots of broccoli may slow down and even prevent osteoarthritis, UK researchers believe. The University of East Anglia team is starting human trials following on from successful lab studies.
WORK COMPLETED ON HISTORIC SUNKEN YENIKAPI SHIPS IN ISTANBUL
The movement of 37 sunken vessels, that were unearthed during excavations carried out as part of the Istanbul Marmaray and metro projects, has finally been concluded.
OVARIAN CANCER SCREENING ‘HAS POTENTIAL’
Watch the video: Newsy A new way of screening for ovarian cancer is showing “potential”, according to researchers in the US.
YOUNG WOMEN IN AFRICA REACH DIVERSE DREAMS WITH HELP FROM THIS ORGANIZATION
Josephine Sabina Lekuton grew up in Karare, a small drought-threatened village in rural northern Kenya, where people historically relied on livestock for their livelihoods. Both of her parents died, leaving […]
