Those who lived during hundreds of years ago during the ‘Wild West’ era have been called inquisitive, restless, dominant and inventive – and a new study reveals remnants of the pioneer personality still exists today. Using an algorithm, the team found those living in mountainous areas were associated with distinct blend of traits that fits … Read more
Individual dolphin whistles are recorded for the first time to help researchers estimate population sizes and track their movements Researchers placed four hydrophones along the Namibia coastline in 2016 They captured more than 4,000 hours of acoustic sounds including whistles They then listened for distinct differences to estimate the total population size Researchers heard 200 … Read more
Ask any resident of Barnoldswick in Lancashire where they live, and they’ll tell you: ‘Barlick’. They will insist most robustly, despite some boundary changes nearly 50 years ago, that their market town is actually in Yorkshire. And they might well tell you, too, how proud they are to be associated with the prestigious name of Rolls-Royce, … Read more
The idyllic car-free Channel Island of Sark is now trying to double its falling population which now stands at just 492. German entrepreneur Swen Lorenz, who has been based on the island of Sark since 2004, has now launched Sark Society in a bid to rescue the island’s dwindling population, which stood at around 650 ten … Read more
Pregnant women are FOUR TIMES more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than the general population, Philadelphia study suggests Researchers looked at nearly 1,300 pregnant women who gave birth between April and June in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania About 6.2% of the women had developed antibodies against the coronavirus That’s four times more people than the 1.4% of … Read more
Coronavirus death rates are THREE TIMES as high in US prisons and than in the general population, study finds Researchers compared coronavirus cases and death rates among the US population to prisoners There were 3,251 cases per 100,000 inmates, which is 5.5 higher than among the general public The fatality rate was 39 deaths per … Read more
A Black trainee vicar has been denied a position by the Church of England because the demographic of the parishioners in the area he had applied to work was ‘monochrome white working class’ and it might make him feel ‘uncomfortable’. Augustine Tanner-Ihm has hit out at the ‘institutional racism’ in the church after the the … Read more
Homeless New Yorkers have been dying from the novel coronavirus at more than double the rate of the citywide population, a new report finds. The homeless mortality rate for those sleeping in shelters was 321 deaths per 100,000 people compared to the New York City average of 200 per 100,000. That’s a rate 61 percent … Read more
Britain announces preliminary Covid-19 death toll of 213 as antibody data suggests fewer than 7% of Brits have had the infection and mass-swab scheme reveals outbreak is still ‘relatively stable’ and infecting 54,000 people each week Regular swab testing has found that 79 per cent of positive results have come from people with no symptoms … Read more
Plants such as sunflowers and thyme could help save Britain’s dwindling bumblebee population, a new study suggests. Scientists have found that planting rows of pollinator-friendly plants – known as flowering strips – increases bee reproduction and population numbers. While these plants harbour the harmful parasite Crithidia bombi, associated with reduced bee foraging and mortality, reproduction benefits … Read more