Just ONE per cent of the world’s population is responsible for up to HALF of harmful carbon emissions caused by air travel, study suggests Researchers estimated only 11 per cent of people globally got on a plane in 2018 Travel surveys show up to quarter of flyers do so once a year for annual holiday … Read more
China will not carry out mass vaccinations on its population because Covid-19 has largely been wiped out in the country, Beijing’s health chief says Sweeping vaccines not needed unless there is a major outbreak, Dr Gao said Head of China’s CDC didn’t rule out need for nationwide vaccines in the future However he said priority … Read more
Those who lived during hundreds of years ago during the ‘Wild West’ era have been called inquisitive, restless, dominant and inventive – and a new study reveals remnants of the pioneer personality still exists today. Using an algorithm, the team found those living in mountainous areas were associated with distinct blend of traits that fits … Read more
Individual dolphin whistles are recorded for the first time to help researchers estimate population sizes and track their movements Researchers placed four hydrophones along the Namibia coastline in 2016 They captured more than 4,000 hours of acoustic sounds including whistles They then listened for distinct differences to estimate the total population size Researchers heard 200 … Read more
Ask any resident of Barnoldswick in Lancashire where they live, and they’ll tell you: ‘Barlick’. They will insist most robustly, despite some boundary changes nearly 50 years ago, that their market town is actually in Yorkshire. And they might well tell you, too, how proud they are to be associated with the prestigious name of Rolls-Royce, … Read more
The idyllic car-free Channel Island of Sark is now trying to double its falling population which now stands at just 492. German entrepreneur Swen Lorenz, who has been based on the island of Sark since 2004, has now launched Sark Society in a bid to rescue the island’s dwindling population, which stood at around 650 ten … Read more
The idyllic car-free Channel Island of Sark is now trying to double its falling population which now stands at just 492. German entrepreneur Swen Lorenz, who has been based on the island of Sark since 2004, has now launched Sark Society in a bid to rescue the island’s dwindling population, which stood at around 650 ten … Read more
Pregnant women are FOUR TIMES more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than the general population, Philadelphia study suggests Researchers looked at nearly 1,300 pregnant women who gave birth between April and June in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania About 6.2% of the women had developed antibodies against the coronavirus That’s four times more people than the 1.4% of … Read more
A Black trainee vicar has been denied a position by the Church of England because the demographic of the parishioners in the area he had applied to work was ‘monochrome white working class’ and it might make him feel ‘uncomfortable’. Augustine Tanner-Ihm has hit out at the ‘institutional racism’ in the church after the the … Read more
Homeless New Yorkers have been dying from the novel coronavirus at more than double the rate of the citywide population, a new report finds. The homeless mortality rate for those sleeping in shelters was 321 deaths per 100,000 people compared to the New York City average of 200 per 100,000. That’s a rate 61 percent … Read more