They ate avocados, pit and all.BY ANNE EWBANK, JANUARY 9, 2018A giant ground sloth skeleton. NEVILLE MOUNTFORD-HOARE, ALAMYLAST DECEMBER, SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZED with a new food innovation: seedless avocados. Available only in a few British supermarkets, they supposedly prevent “avocado hand.” This surprisingly common injury, from knife slippage while prying out avocado seeds, can cause serious nerve and tendon damage. But
Brain electrodes designed to mimic the hippocampus appear to boost the encoding of memories—and are twice as effective in people with poor memory. By Jessica Hamzelouarchive page, September 6, 2022WAKE FOREST MEDICAL CENTERA unique form of brain stimulation appears to boost people’s ability to remember new information—by mimicking the way our brains create memories. The “memory prosthesis,” which involves inserting an electrode
Just one river is due to have 36 hydropower projects, with local people saying the impacts of tunnelling the mountainside are already forcing them to leave their homes. By Shristi Kafle, March 15, 2023Khamsung Tamang, a resident of Purano Syabrubesi village in Rasuwa district, central Nepal, stands in front of his neighbour’s destroyed house in December 2022. In August 2021, a landslide damaged 32 homes in the village; the villagers say
As the mercury rises in the capital city of Dhaka, journalist Nasib Ahsan shares his experience battling South Asia’s hottest temperatures. Video: Nasib Ahsan, Words:: Shalinee Kumari, March 27, 2023Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part video series that explores how people in some of South Asia’s hottest towns and cities experience crippling heatwaves. Filmed at the height of last year’s heatwave in May,
Progress towards the construction of a China-funded coal power plant in Gwadar raises questions about the climate pledges of both China and Pakistan. By Zofeen Ebrahim, March 16, 2023(Image: Jeff Zehnder / Alamy)News that the Pakistan government plans to secure financing and start construction on a long-stalled 300 megawatt coal-fired power plant in the port city of Gwadar has triggered a debate on the direction of the country’s
