I am looking at a report in The Times newspaper of today Friday, September 4, 2020 about human antibiotics, and a study reported on Plos One about the prevalence of veterinary antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria in the surface water of a livestock production region …
It just isn’t worth being ambitious any more. The work ethic does not produce the desired result sufficiently often, which is success in the workplace. That appears to be the conclusion of the millennials in the UK. I’m referring to young people born after 2000. …
Inline with the toppling of statues of individuals who were once heroes but are now seen as politically incorrect individuals such as those that participated in the slave trade and became rich on the back of it, the same attitude is affecting the naming of …
A team of experts have joined forces to try and save the scrotum frog from becoming extinct. One of the major threats is their consumption by humans. The scientific name is Telmatobius culeus. A better name is the Titicaca water frog. They mainly live near …
I’m afraid that homeowners who like garden lights need to consider others. The lights are disrupting birds’ sleep. A study by the University of Melbourne in conjunction with La Trobe University (Melbourne) published in Current Biology is apparently the first to measure this aspect of …
There is a lot of talk today about puppies and adult dogs suffering from separation anxiety if and when dog owners go back to work at the office rather than working at home. A lot of people have taken the opportunity of lockdown to adopt …
“Dishonest signalling” describes an animal making a sound which portrays itself as bigger than it really is. Often the purpose is to attract mates. It sounds like human behaviour doesn’t it? Humans often exaggerate to impress. In this instance, however, researchers say that their preliminary …
Note to Facebook: I am not criticising your business so please don’t remove one of my groups 🙂 . I guess that Facebook is using algorithms built upon artificial intelligence (AI) to surf through their billions upon billions of postings, photographs and videos to weed …
Of course, humans like to think that they are different from animals. We are humans and “they” are animals. But this study suggest that we have much in common with a particular animal that a lot of people find disgusting. An animal that is persecuted …
