29 APR 2022 Disease-causing pathogens are notoriously dangerous foes that have evolved many tricks to thwart the body’s immune system. Among the most terrifying are ones that can sneak into the nervous system, even infecting the brain. Now, a new study from researchers in the UK, Australia, and Singapore has …
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28 APR 2022 Activists in three West Coast cities took to the streets on Earth Day to ask shipping to accelerate its plans for climate action – not by pressuring ship owners, but by appealing to their customers. Working on the understanding that shipping responds to shippers, climate activists from …
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27 APR 2022 Fatal accidents and injuries continue to characterize shipbreaking in South Asia, where 73 percent of all end-of-life ships were beached for dismantling in the first quarter of this year. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform reports that a total of 13 workers suffered accidents on South Asia’s shipbreaking beaches last …
Read More »26 APR 2022 Many of us are familiar with imposter syndrome: feelings of doubt about our skills and intelligence, and a sense that we’re going to get exposed as frauds at any moment. It can be a debilitating mental condition, but new research has found a positive angle. It turns out …
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25 APR 2022 For the past two years, it has been a roller coaster ride in the ocean freight business. After the early-pandemic slowdown in 2020, demand soared in 2021, resulting in massive profits for ocean carriers. But we may be nearing the end of the late-pandemic boom. As consumers …
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24 APR 2022 It’s no exaggeration to say that donating blood can save lives. Now, researchers have found a curious benefit for the donor: regular trips to the blood bank appear to reduce the amount of certain ‘forever chemicals’ swimming around in the bloodstream. While scientists aren’t sure just how …
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