Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published alarming statistics showing that employee mental health issues result in a US$1 trillion (£747 billion) loss in productivity each year. The WHO has called on employers to take urgent action by introducing comprehensive well-being programs to tackle the escalating mental health crisis in … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The upcoming release of Disney’s live action remake of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” currently scheduled for March 2025, has been surrounded by controversy—so much so that the film’s trailer has received over 1 million dislikes on YouTube. In particular, many fans have taken umbrage with the fact that computer-generated … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution lifts the veil on what happens when octopuses and fish hunt together. As it turns out, this cross-species relationship is more complex than anyone expected. Animals of the same species often cooperate—work together to reach some kind of goal. But it’s relatively … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Growing up in Aberdeen, Scotland, the shadow of the Piper Alpha disaster loomed large over our community. The tragic explosion of the oil rig platform in 1988 claimed the lives of 167 people. Back then, I was blissfully unaware of the ecological ramifications of that disaster. But the spill of 670 … Read more
Over the years, travelers have repeatedly been warned to avoid public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops. Airport Wi-Fi, in particular, is known to be a hacker honeypot, due to what is typically relatively lax security. But even though many people know they should stay away from free Wi-Fi, it proves as irresistible to … Read more
Heavy rains in Acapulco from Hurricane John have left parts of the city underwater. Hurricane John, which made landfall twice on Mexico’s Pacific coast, has now left eight people dead, all of them in southern Guerrero state, home to the beachside city of Acapulco, authorities said Saturday. John first slammed into the shore earlier this … Read more
Helene slammed into Florida as a Category 4 hurricane before surging north. Rescuers struggled on Saturday with washed-out bridges and debris-strewn roads in the search for survivors of devastating Storm Helene, which killed at least 63 people across five states and caused massive power outages. Helene slammed into Florida Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane … Read more
A supermoon with a partial lunar eclipse rises over Lake Michigan in Chicago, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File Earth’s moon will soon have some company—a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth … Read more
3,300-year-old Kefir cheese discovered on the Tarim mummies. Credit: Yimin Yang This week, biologists tracked down a mysterious group of orcas near Chile; Hubble spotted a black hole jet that causes stars along its trajectory to erupt; and researchers explained mysterious craters that began appearing in Siberian permafrost in the 2010s. But you’re probably here … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Just up the road from Oakland and Berkeley, the city of Richmond is a minority and low-income community of 115,500 people—mainly Latino, Black and Asian American—with a major Chevron refinery whose pollution has been an ongoing source of conflict (the city just reached a $550 million settlement with Chevron to mitigate … Read more
