15 SEPT 2024 There’s something about us that mosquitoes just love. In addition to our smell, and our breath, our exposed skin acts as a kind of neon sign advertising that this blood bar is open for business. That’s because mosquitoes use infrared sensing in their antennae to track down …
Read More »PANAMA CANAL UNVEILS STRATEGIES TO COMBAT EL NIÑO-INDUCED DROUGHT
15 SEPT 2024 The Panama Canal Authority has been implementing new economic and operational strategies to address water scarcity challenges posed by the 2023-2024 El Niño. At the 2025 Investors Forum, organized by the Latin American Stock Exchange (LATINEX), Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez Morales presented the results of recent …
Read More »MOBILE PHONES ARE NOT LINKED TO BRAIN CANCER: WHO CONFIRMS IN MAJOR STUDY
14 SEPT 2024 A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organization and is published today in the journal Environment International. Mobile phones are often held against the …
Read More »DROUGHT SHRIVELS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND THREATENS TO DISRUPT US FOOD EXPORTS
13 SEPT 2024 Drought across the central US is shrinking the Mississippi River, sending barge rates soaring and threatening to roil shipments of everything from corn to gasoline. Dry conditions across the Ohio River basin, which feeds the Mississippi, have worsened already low water levels at the larger river, said …
Read More »HUMANS KEEP GROWING AN EXTRA ARTERY IN THEIR ARMS, AND HERE’S WHY
13 SEPT 2024 Picturing how our species might appear in the far future often invites wild speculation over stand-out features such as height, brain size, and skin complexion. Yet subtle shifts in our anatomy today demonstrate how unpredictable evolution can be. Take something as mundane as an extra blood vessel …
Read More »FIRST COMMERCIAL CO2 CARRIER COMPLETES SEA TRIALS IN CHINA
12 SEPT 2024 Dalian Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, reported the successful sea trial for the first commercial CO2 transport vessel. Known as Northern Pioneer, the 8,000 dwt vessel will be operated by Japan’s “K Line” (Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha) for Norway’s Northern Lights project. The ship, which …
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