Predicting soil erosion

SHOCKING SHELL

Listen to what the brain whispers

Silent Trigger

Solar heating of the atmosphere causes landslides

Europe is ancient

Sense the charged air

Radioactive material can be pinpointed remotely

Fear factor

Grasshoppers, like humans, indulge in emotional eating

Energy’s new face

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Traced, scanned, illuminated

Fear of invasive tests leads to a novel way of cancer detection  

Pentagon okays sites

Fitting in

Fish evolved to adapt to their swimming environments  

Map trap

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China loses its patent

Human’s best friend originated from a wolf in West Asia  

Alabama ruling frozen embryos are equivalent to living children has worrying implications for IVF

The judgement that in Australia only one embryo is transferred & none frozen is demonstrably false

‘Wait and see’ is an unsatisfying – but accurate – way to present election results

Perhaps news organisations and the public could wait for those charged with the counting to do the counting

The world should start accepting Haitian refugees: Aprajita Kashyap

Down To Earth speaks to academician from Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies on the …

COVID or the common cold? What to do if you have symptoms this Christmas

COVID, flu and pneumonia still account for a significant proportion of all deaths in many countries

Cuetlaxochitl: The story of America’s Christmas Eve shrub has lessons for free trade, patents  

Poinsettia can be an example of intellectual property rights or biopiracy; it depends on whose interests one wants to nourish and protect: the …

COP27 diary (November 12): ‘US won't support legal structures for loss and damage liabilities’

A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit 

It’s hot and more than what that heat index tells you

Humans mainly adjust to heat by sweating and flushing, which occurs when blood is directed to capillaries near the skin to dispel the heat

Constitution does not confer right to abortion: US Supreme Court overturns Roe vs Wade

Ruling takes away federal protection for abortion and cuts off access to abortion for 36 million US women

50 years of Watergate: Woodward and Bernstein didn’t bring down a president – but the myth that they did lives on

Like most media myths, the heroic-journalist interpretation of Watergate rests on a foundation of simplicity

What has been the impact of long Covid on the global workforce: US, UK data offers some clues

Classifying long Covid as either an occupational disease or a disability is an option being considered by some governments  

E-fasting can minimise e-waste

Turning off notifications, turning our phone off while working and setting limits for the amount of time we spend on technology on a daily basis …

Transforming lives: The job creation potential of a just livestock transition

The growth can revitalise rural economies and mitigate the adverse effects of urbanisation