Africa

  • Dieting may slow metabolism – but it doesn’t ruin it

    Dieting may slow metabolism – but it doesn’t ruin it

    Feb 24, 2021 10:43

    The loss of lean tissue (muscle) when you diet – which burns around 15-25 calories per kilogram each day – lowers resting metabolic rate, meaning you need fewer calories than you previously did. But the body also deliberately slows down metabolism to preserve energy stores and minimize weight loss.

  • Recommendations for regional action to combat marine plastic pollution

    Recommendations for regional action to combat marine plastic pollution

    Feb 17, 2021 09:44

    In recent years, images of whales and sea turtles starving to death after ingesting plastic waste or becoming entangled in so-called ghost nets have led to a growing awareness of the crisis of marine plastic pollution.

  • Study finds climate crisis driving great white sharks into colder waters, with devastating effect on wildlife

    Study finds climate crisis driving great white sharks into colder waters, with devastating effect on wildlife

    Feb 17, 2021 09:38

    Warming oceans—a key meausure of the climate crisis—are forcing great white sharks into colder waters, where they are causing a devastating decrease in wildlife populations, according to new research reported by The Guardian.

  • Larger panel finds more gene mutations, treatment targets for leukemia

    Larger panel finds more gene mutations, treatment targets for leukemia

    Feb 08, 2021 10:24

    Investigators said a gene panel that looks for about 10 times the number of cancer-causing genes as panels currently used to diagnose and fine tune treatment for a variety of cancers is effective at identifying problematic genes in the most common leukemia.

  • Uneven recovery from COVID recession could hit poorer countries hard

    Uneven recovery from COVID recession could hit poorer countries hard

    Feb 07, 2021 09:50

    The World Bank estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic will push up to 150 million additional people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021, with food insecurity rampant.

  • 'Extreme urgent need': Starvation haunts Ethiopia's Tigray

    'Extreme urgent need': Starvation haunts Ethiopia's Tigray

    Jan 20, 2021 16:02

    From “emaciated” refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The first humanitarian workers to arrive after pleading with the Ethiopian government for access describe weakened children dying from diarrhea after drinking from rivers. Shops were looted or depleted weeks ago.

  • Astronomers find oldest, most distant galaxy to date

    Astronomers find oldest, most distant galaxy to date

    Jan 11, 2021 16:05

    Thanks to new research by an international team of astronomers, the oldest and most distant galaxy observed in our Universe to date (GN-z11) has been identified. The team, whose research was recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, was led by Linhua Jiang of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Prof. Nobunari Kashikawa of the University of Tokyo.

  • Jesus (PBUH) – The Misunderstood Messiah

    Jesus (PBUH) – The Misunderstood Messiah

    Dec 25, 2020 09:19

    Special feature on the occasion of Christmas

  • UN report says almost 2 bln depend on health centers without basic water services

    UN report says almost 2 bln depend on health centers without basic water services

    Dec 17, 2020 14:02

    The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned around 1.8 billion people are at heightened risk of COVID-19 and other diseases because they use or work in health care facilities without basic water services. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General said “Working in a health care facility without water, sanitation and hygiene is akin to sending nurses and doctors to work without personal protective equipment.”

  • Why are some scientists turning away from brain scans?

    Why are some scientists turning away from brain scans?

    Dec 16, 2020 15:35

    Researchers have realized a person’s brain scan results can differ from day to day – even under identical conditions – casting a doubt on how to document consistent patterns. With so many questions being raised, some researchers are acknowledging the scans’ limitations and working to overcome them or simply turning to other tests.