‘Mauro, the master of solitude’ leaves island home after 32 years

Photo: Morandi’s home on the island of Budelli, where he has been the sole inhabitant for 30 years. PHOTO COURTESY MAURO MORANDI Mauro Morandi had been the sole resident of Budelli, Italy, for decades. ‘I became so used to the silence. […]

Human behaviour: what scientists learned about humans during the pandemic

Photo: People haven’t been as irrational during the pandemic as some initially thought. Jennifer M. Mason/Shutterstock 01 July 2021 | Stephen Reicher | The Conversation During the pandemic, a lot of assumptions were made about how people behave. Many of those […]

‘Natural’ disasters are due to societal failures

Photo: Not everyone finds it equally easy to follow government guidelines. Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA-EFE, FAL The term “natural disaster”: it’s a misnomer. Disasters occur due to societal failures, not nature. Here are six things we can do now. 21 June 2021 | Ilan […]

California Drought: State to cut water to thousands of farms, water agencies

Photo: A tractor plows a dry field last month in Madera. Thousands of farms and water agencies that rely on flows from California’s vast delta watershed are being told to stop drawing water from rivers and creeks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images […]

Wuhan Institute of Virology is only one of dozens of level 4 (BSL4) labs in the world

Photo: A virologist stands between rows of cages for laboratory animals in the new high security laboratory (biosafety level 4) at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany. dpa picture alliance/Alamy Stock Photo 14 June 2021 | Filippa […]