Less than half of the world’s forests are unaffected by human activity, according to a new study. An international team of 47 scientists reveals only 40.5 per cent of the world’s forests have ‘ecosystem integrity’ – meaning they’re free from human modification. Human modification includes industrial-scale logging, fragmentation by infrastructure, farming, urbanisation, over-hunting and wood fuel … Read more
Coronavirus survivor, 45, who used to cycle 60 miles with ease reveals how ‘long Covid’ has left her ‘depleted and exhausted’ with her brain ‘barely functioning’ Roweena Russell, 45, from North Shields began to show covid symptoms in April Six months on she is still suffering from ‘long covid’, memory loss and fatigue Everyday she … Read more
A host of government departments are still unable to carry out a number of crucial services, despite a civil service union boss’ claim that Whitehall staff are functioning ‘very effectively’ from home. Foreign nationals looking for a faster decision on their visa or settlement application are told on the Home Office website that such procedures … Read more
Scientists in the US have grown the first functioning mini human heart models to help identify cardiac disorders in the lab. The human heart organoids (hHOs), which have functioning chambers and vascular tissue, were created with stem cells to mimic the ‘nuts and bolts’ of how a fetal heart develops in the womb. The tiny hHOs, which grew … Read more