By Adam Vaughan Flooding in Carnlough in Northern Ireland on 20 December 2015PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images Coastal floods wrought by rising seas could affect tens of millions more people and cause trillions of dollars of harm by the end of the century if the world fails to prevent the worst-case climate change scenario, according…
By Jonathan O’Callaghan The sun and Mercury (not to scale)Panther Media GmbH / Alamy Mercury’s surface may be covered in a very thin, baked crust created by the extreme heat from the planet’s proximity to the sun. Like Earth’s moon, Mercury’s surface lacks a substantial atmosphere, meaning impacts should break down its surface into a…
Under the microscope — The 2019 Olympus Global Image of the Year honorees find beauty under the microscope. Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 15, 2020 12:52 am UTC Enlarge / Detail from the winning entry in the first Olympus Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award. It shows immunostaining of a mouse-brain slice…
Under the microscope — The 2019 Olympus Global Image of the Year honorees find beauty under the microscope. Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 15, 2020 12:52 am UTC Enlarge / Detail from the winning entry in the first Olympus Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award. It shows immunostaining of a mouse-brain slice…
Under the microscope — The 2019 Olympus Global Image of the Year honorees find beauty under the microscope. Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 15, 2020 12:52 am UTC Enlarge / Detail from the winning entry in the first Olympus Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award. It shows immunostaining of a mouse-brain slice…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…