Technology To avert environmental disaster, we need to return to the trees Finnish firm Sulapac turns waste wood into a plastic-like product DURING the first oil crisis in 1973, Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani famously (and possibly apocryphally) said that "the Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones". His point was that the oil age might come to a close not through resource … News
Health A temporary low-calorie diet may reduce inflammatory bowel disease Mice with inflammatory bowel disease tried a vegan diet A low-calorie diet may help alleviate the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). That’s according to experiments with mice with IBD who were fed a low-calorie, low-protein diet and had reduced intestinal inflammation and a regenerated gut as a result. In humans, IBD includes Crohn’s disease … News
Comment Compensating for climate misdeeds can make you a worse carbon emitter We have evolved to think we can balance good and bad behaviour in our social interactions, but when it comes to the environment, that’s flawed thinking, say Patrik Sörqvist and Linda Langeborg News
Life Flower hat jelly has colour-tipped tentacles for paralysing small fish ALTHOUGH it resembles something worn on a catwalk, the flower hat jelly ( Olindias formosus ) is best kept well away from your head. This is because its colourful, gummy worm-like tentacles are far from sweet: the jelly uses these fluorescent-tipped tentacles to catch and kill small fish by paralysing them with venom. If you … Regulars
Health Too much sunscreen? Why avoiding the sun could damage your health For years we have been told to slather up or seek shade to avoid skin cancer. But now it is becoming clear that shunning the sun comes with its own health perils Features
Technology China's great firewall and the war to control the internet The West thinks China’s internet is all about firewalls and censorship, but as a new book shows, the battle for control is full of dubious motives Culture
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