A new study published on 24 June in Scientific Reports, a Nature journal, suggests that drinking coffee may stimulate “brown fat”, the type of fat associated with calorie-burning as opposed
Archive for June 2019
Part Two: Can technological progress break the deadlock by 2040? “Incremental” improvements or breakthrough innovations? The question that arises is: “Can battery technology be advanced to address its current
Judging by the many battles over the past few months on the web (especially on Twitter) environmentalism (in the sense of a political ideology) is staking its claim a little
A new paper published on 24 June in Nature Medicine pinpoints changes in the gut microbiome — the billions of bacteria that live in the human gut — associated with
Climate change will likely increase future global energy demand, according to a new paper published on 24 June in Nature Communications (1). The authors predict climate change will increase global
It is indeed a small world after all. The world’s marine fisheries form a “small-world network” and every year, over $10 billion worth of fish are caught in countries outside
A new paper published on 21 June in Science charts the genomes of 44 ruminants. Results of the large-scale study provide a valuable resource and plenty of insights into the
The mirage of a return to some kind of unspoilt rural idyll shimmers like an Eldorado amidst a public debate often split between “artificial” nature and original nature. The territorial
Repeated coral bleaching events owing to global warming are having lasting effects on reef fish communities, including changes in biodiversity and permanent shifts in the range of fish species, according
In a new paper published on 18 June in Nature Reviews Microbiology, 30 microbiologists from 9 countries issue a “warning to humanity” (1). According to the authors, climate change is