Life
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Climate change fuelled deadly Kerala landslides, say scientists
Monsoon rains battered the southern coastal state of Kerala and triggered landslides on July 30, burying homes and residents in Wayanad district under tonnes of rock and soil
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Students want more environmental health taught in medical schools
Offer more courses on climate health in medical schools: this is the demand of a group of students, whose voice has been relayed in an article published in early August in the journal Nature Medicine
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AI may reproduce gender, ethnicity biases in mental health tools
Stereotypes die hard. And according to researchers at Colorado's University of Boulder, algorithms have also picked up these clichés
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Extreme heat exposure on the rise for millions of kids: UN
The bodies of young children are not like little adults, they have much more vulnerability to extreme heat," UNICEF advocacy chief Lily Caprani told AFP, also warning of dangers for pregnant women
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Top 5 hotels in the world in 2024
A hotel in India has been crowned number one in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards survey
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Inside Disney's billion-dollar blockbusters
With Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine, Disney Entertainment has given unprecedented hits in the last two months. The former has already emerged as the highest-grossing animated movie ever
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Can classical music work in treatments against depression?
A study published in the journal Cell Reports highlights the benefits of classical music, suggesting that it may even be more effective than some traditional treatments for depression
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South Korean sniffer dog searches for post-Olympic bedbugs
The sniffer dog, named Ceco, was deployed at the main airport in Seoul as part of an initiative between the government and South Korea's largest pest control company, Cesco
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English schools to teach how to spot online fake news under govt plans
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said she was launching a review of the curriculum in primary and secondary schools to introduce critical thinking across multiple subjects
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In 2023, women had fewer leading roles in the cinema
Globally the percentage of women in key roles on screen has not changed significantly in recent years. While in 2023, women accounted for 31.7 percent of speaking roles, in 2022 they accounted for 34.6 percent and 29.9 percent in 2007
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Harvest starts very early in Sicily's drought-hit vineyards
The prestigious Donnafugata vineyards, which span the Italian island from the slopes of Marsala to the mantle of Mount Etna, began their harvest on July 22, an unprecedented two weeks early