All posts by Carol Duff

22Feb/20

Bumble Bees Create Mental Images

22nd February 2020Enviroment, ScienceCarol Duff

After touching an object in the dark, the insects can recognize it later through sight alone—a complex cognitive feat Source: VT

21Feb/20

Angkor Wat: Water is Power

21st February 2020Angkor Wat, Angkorian history, geoarcheology, ScienceCarol Duff

The collapse of a reservoir in a remote and mysterious city could have helped Angkor gain supremacy Source: VT

21Feb/20

Debunked: Amateurs Citing COVID-19 As Bioweapon: Major Fail!

21st February 2020COVID-19, Featured, Health & FamilyCarol Duff

COVID-19-an Illness. COVID-19 and a bullet to the head-a serious illness. Source: VT

18Feb/20

Florence Nightingale: ‘Health Care Is a Human Right’

18th February 2020Florence Nightingale, HistoryCarol Duff

Nightingale rankled commanding officers by going around them Source: VT

18Feb/20

Government of Pakistan Launches First Nationwide Program For Vaccinating Against Polio

18th February 2020Dr Yasmin Rashid, Health & Family, Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme, polioCarol Duff

Polio eradication remains a top priority for WHO and the global polio partnership Source: VT

13Feb/20

Meet the Pink Inspector Clouseau

13th February 2020albinism, Australia, Lady Elliott Island, pink manta ray, ScienceCarol Duff

Researchers suspect a genetic mutation may have gifted the giant fish, named Inspector Clouseau, his rosy hue Source: VT

13Feb/20

Pablo Escobar’s Hippos: Polluting Lakes in Columbia

13th February 2020Colombia’s aquatic ecosystems, Hacienda Nápoles, hippos, Life, Magdalena River, Pablo EscobarCarol Duff

A new study suggests the hulking creatures are changing local water bodies with their bathroom habits Source: VT

13Feb/20

Yea! No Jellies In Lake Michigan

13th February 2020Cassiopea, jellyfish, jellyfish sting, photosynthetic algae Symbiodinium, Science, stinging waterCarol Duff

Smithsonian scientists discovered that tiny ‘mucus grenades’ are responsible for a mysterious phenomenon known as ‘stinging water’ Source: VT

11Feb/20

Genetic Diversity of African Populations May Lead To More Effective Treatments for Schizophrenia

11th February 2020African populations, genes, Health & Family, schizophrenia, Xhosa populationCarol Duff

Researchers found damaging genetic variants linked to schizophrenia in the Xhosa population of South Africa. Source: VT

03Feb/20

Medicinal Cannibalism: A Corpse a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

3rd February 2020corpse, Health & Family, Medicinal Cannibalism, MedicineCarol Duff

The question was not “Should you eat human flesh?” says one historian, but, “What sort of flesh should you eat? Source: VT