Take a look around you. Perhaps you’re snacking on a banana, sipping some coffee or sitting in front of your computer and taking a break from work to read this article. Most likely, those goods…
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Why do people like to kiss? Do other animals kiss? Why are kisses so gross? — Gracie, age 5. Gracie, you ask a question that puzzled me too when I was about your age. Why…
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© Reuters. A 3D printed oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed stock graph and Opec logo in this illustration picture By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices slipped on Monday, paring strong…
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The effects of COVID-19 vaccination programmes have led to a glimmer of hope that some of the things we used to enjoy may soon be part of our lives once again. High on many people’s…
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Fungi — a scientific goldmine? Well, that’s what a review published today in the journal Trends in Biotechnology indicates. You may think mushrooms are a long chalk from the caped crusaders of sustainability. But think…
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© Reuters By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Saudi Oil Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman spoke at length about supply and demand in trying to explain OPEC+’s decision this week to raise production. In the end, his…
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There’s a global shortage in semiconductors, and it’s becoming increasingly serious. The US is currently reviewing its supply of the technology, following a landmark executive order from President Joe Biden. The president also pledged US$37…
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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Displaced women sit on mats, at a displacement centre in Pemba 2/3 By Emidio Jozine PEMBA (Reuters) -Luisa Jose, a 52-year-old mother of five, says she came face-to-face with Islamic…
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The daily image of a topless woman on page three of the Sun newspaper was considered by some to be a “British institution”. Yet it was also increasingly seen as a relic of institutionalised sexism…
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A rockshelter in South Africa’s Kalahari documents the innovative behaviours of early humans who lived there 105,000 years ago. We report the new evidence today in Nature. The rockshelter site is at Ga-Mohana Hill —…
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