Tom Ravenscroft | 25 February 2020 6 comments The Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan has been postponed until 16-21 June in response to Italy's coronavirus outbreak. Salone del Mobile, which is the world's largest and most important furniture fair, was due to take place between 21 and 26 April. However, the surge in cases of the new Covid-19 strain of coronavirus in northern Italy has
MELISSA BREYER, February 18, 2020, 2:23 p.m. Get an edge on aging by eating like you live in the Mediterranean. (Photo: mythja/Shutterstock) If there's a single way of eating that persists in laying claim as one of the healthiest, it's the Mediterranean diet. Experts continue to sing its praises. And the number of positive studies over the years makes it hard to argue with them. The Mediterranean diet isn't a specific diet
From hoarding and scattering nuts to making jerky and taking prisoners, animals use some wild tactics to stay well-fed in winter. RUSSELL MCLENDON November 14, 2018, 10:07 a.m. Acorn woodpeckers create 'granary trees' by drilling tree trunks full of holes for acorn storage. A family group may drill up to 50,000 holes in a single tree, each filled with an acorn during autumn. (Photo: Jean-Edouard Rozey/Shutterstock) Winter
February 19, 2020 7.27pm AEDT Wanda Markotter Professor/Director Centre for Viral Zoonoses/ DST-NRF South African Research Chair, University of Pretoria Viral sequences related to known human coronavirus outbreaks have been identified in horsehoe bats. Dr. Low de Vries, Author provided The current outbreak of a new coronavirus disease, named COVID-19, raises the question of where diseases like this come from and where the risks
Fabíola Ortiz, 29.01.2020 Global biodiversity talks in China this year will highlight nature-based solutions that could meet one-third of Paris Agreement climate goal by 2030. Mangroves along the shoreline of Beihai, in south China’s Guangxi province, help hold back tidal surges and sustain an array of birds and fish (Image: Alamy) Nature-based solutions (NBS) are actions to protect and sustainably manage natural ecosystems. They
