The Times reports on a very interesting development in science. It is the creation of scientists at Penn State University and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart. It is a polymer which somewhat mimics the self-repair systems of the squid. The scientists …
Buddy, a German Shepherd, has died. He was American’s first pet dog to test positive for Covid-19. He was aged seven and lived in New York. He first had the symptoms in mid-April. It took a month to get him a test for coronavirus. On …
Yes, trained sniffer dogs can detect coronavirus on human swab samples with 94% accuracy. Researchers in Germany have trained army dogs to detect coronavirus using the dog’s remarkable sense of smell. It is thought that a cornavirus check by dogs may be used alongside the …
Humans have a split personality about the dog. All dogs from the scruffy mongrel on the streets of an African village to the most expensive, squeakyclean and fluffy toy dog in a palatial home in Los Angeles are descended from the wolf. They are all …
The story is unfolding in France. One of their popular cheeses is Compté. The dairy farmers who produce the milk to make the cheese have been accused of trying to grow too much grass. I presume that more grass means that the cows feed better …
Bacteria 6 km deep inside the earth below the seas have been woken up after being in a state of semi-stasis for 100 million years. It is an extraordinary story reported today in The Times newspaper. These microbes were on the floor of the oceans …
A new, regional, Red List of endangered species has been drawn up by the Mammal Society. It meets the international standards and criteria used to assess threats to wildlife in general. I wonder whether this has been borne out of frustration with the IUCN Red …
Almost 85% of the Kaziranga National Park is underwater. The park is in Assam, India. It is home to the world’s largest remaining population of one-horned rhinos which were hunted to the brink of extinction by the turn-of-the-century. Due to a concerted conservation effort which …
A pristine African forest, the home to some of the world’s most precious and endangered species such as apes and birds is to be opened up for logging. The forest is in Cameroon and China is now Cameroon’s biggest customer with respect to timber. It …
