Ravaged by civil war, how a national park was restored in Mozambique
Gorongosa National Park was decimated after the war that ended in 1992. But it is a successful conservation story today.
02/07/2024 Al Jazeera
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'I’ve invented an alternative to uncomfortable smear tests'
When Sânziana Foia went for her first smear test at the age of 25, she was surprised by how uncomfortable she found the whole experience. The post-graduate student thought there must be different and better ways of testing women for the signs of…
27/06/2024 BBC
Flatulent cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first
Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country in the world to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contributing to…
26/06/2024 The Independent
Victoria will begin pill testing this summer. Evidence shows it reduces harm (and won’t increase drug use)
The traction drug checking is gaining in Australia reflects local and international evidence showing these services reduce harm for people who use illicit drugs.
25/06/2024 The Conversation
How islanders are saving their Indian Ocean coral reef
Looking out now over the Indian Ocean from Mnemba Island, it is hard to believe that just three years ago the stunning coral reef surrounding this part of Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago was dying.
24/06/2024 BBC
New Drug Provides Total Protection From H.I.V. in Trial of Young African Women
An injection given just twice a year could herald a breakthrough in protecting the population that has the highest infection rates.
22/06/2024 New York Times
Beneath offshore wind turbines, researchers grow seafood and seaweed
Researchers are exploring multiple uses for wind parks far out at sea, such as producing fresh seafood
21/06/2024 The Independent
How the small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu drastically cut plastic pollution
For generations, the people of Erakor village in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu would pass their time swimming in the local lagoon.
20/06/2024 The Guardian
