First We Got the Corona, Now We Got the H5N8, What’s Happening?
Published on Feb 24, 2021 by AnneA few days ago, Russia has reported the first known human infection of the H5n8 avian flu. At the moment, the World Health Organization is gathering up more information regarding the infection. For the knowledge of the public, the Avian flu is not a new disease. It has been a…
Why Cathie Wood is the fund manager of the moment
Her hunt for the big business winners of the future holds mass appealFeb 24th 2021CATHIE WOOD, founder of Ark Investment Management, provokes a variety of responses. The main one is envy. The firm has been wildly successful. Ark manages a suite of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), portfolios of equities around the theme of “disruption”. Last year…
DNA from Neanderthals affects vulnerability to covid-19
Feb 24th 2021AS BEST AS palaeontologists can tell, Neanderthals died out around 40,000 years ago. But they did not vanish from the Earth entirely. In the past decade it has become clear that Neanderthals mated with the ancestors of modern humans, and that some of those unions produced viable offspring. The upshot is that almost…
Killer whales v great white sharks
What happens when one apex predator elbows out anotherIT USED TO be a common sight. These days it is rare. On January 18th members of Shark Spotters, a South African charity, recorded a juvenile great white shark as it breached close to Strandfontein, a seaside resort in False Bay, not far from Cape Town. It…
Prices in Europe’s carbon market, the world’s biggest, are soaring
Feb 24th 2021AS FINANCIAL MARKETS become cheerier about the pace of vaccinations and the chances of a speedy economic recovery, the prices of stocks, commodities and all manner of assets are rising. So too are carbon prices in Europe, home to the world’s largest emissions-trading system. Prices have surged by 60% since November; on February…
Tiger Woods removed by jaws of life after serious car accident
Tiger Woods was involved in a monstrous car accident on Monday morning that called upon the Jaws of Life to extract him from the automobile.According to his agent, Mark Steinberg, Woods sustained “multiple leg injuries” and is undergoing surgery this afternoon. In Rancho Palos Verdes, California at approximately 7:12 a.m EMTs responded to a roll-over…
Tether is fined by regulators in New York
A “stablecoin” is branded anything but, adding to jitters in crypto-marketsFeb 23rd 2021IS THAT HISSING noise the sound of air coming out of the crypto-bubble? On February 21st bitcoin hit a new high of more than $58,000, after a host of big firms and investors, led by Tesla, signalled that they were beginning to take…
Texas supermarket loses power, allows shoppers to leave with groceries
H-E-B grocery store in Leander, Texas permitted customers to depart with foodstuffs free of charge after the establishment lost power.The supermarket has gone viral for its act of compassion to locals during a grievous winter storm which has left many scampering for water and food after power outages. There was a “collectivized groan” on Sunday…
How the Internet is Cancelling on Ted Cruz After Fleeing a State Emergency
Published on Feb 22, 2021 by AnneTexas Senator, Ted Cruz, received heavy criticism after taking a vacation to Cancun with his family in the middle of a crisis. The latest power crisis in Texas left hundreds of homes without electricity and water for more than 48 hours in negative degree weather. This has left the…
What is the cheapest way to cut carbon?
Feb 22nd 2021IN THE TRENDIER parts of Berlin, cargo bikes are the rage. Locals use the bicycles, which have a wheelbarrow-sized box attached at the front, to do the weekly shop or ferry children around. Because they cut carbon-dioxide emissions, local authorities are subsidising the craze. But the well-intentioned schemes look pricey when you consider…