There are lots of claims that house plants filter the air, but it turns out you need an awful lot of them to beat just opening the window, finds James Wong Humans | Comment 8 July 2020 By James Wong 10'000 Hours/Getty Images AS YOU may know from my bio, I cohabit my small flat…
GLENDALE, Ariz. - One of the nation’s coronavirus hot spots got a sliver of good news on July 8 when two health experts said an exponential rise in the percentage of people testing positive for the virus in Arizona appears to have leveled off. Dr. Joshua LaBaer of Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute tempered the news…
July 3, 2020 | 8:34pm | Updated July 4, 2020 | 12:36am A coronavirus outbreak at the University of Washington’s off-campus frat houses has left at least 93 students sickened with the illness, the school announced Friday. Eighty-nine of the infected students at the Seattle school live on Greek Row, while the other four came…
A house fire has killed two and injured another in Soweto on Saturday, 26 June 202. A house fire in Soweto has killed two people and injured another on Saturday, according to ER24. The cause of the fire is unknown.Police and firefighting authorities were on the scene to investigate the cause. A house fire has claimed the…
The latest:There have been more than 1.7 million coronavirus cases in the United States, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.The U.S. death toll has surpassed 104,000 people, according to Hopkins.Government leaders and health officials have expressed their concern that coronavirus could rapidly spread during protests over the death of George Floyd.As pandemic and protests…
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…