Hargol farms its grass-fed locusts in northern Israel It has long been suggested that we should start eating insects to help the environment, but for many of us it is not a palatable thought. One Israeli firm is hoping to win over the squeamish by adding different flavourings. Dror Tamir […]
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Russian personnel have been helping government troops Amid a Russian-backed advance, the growing threat of landmines and improvised explosives in the Central African Republic (CAR) points to a dangerous tactical shift in a new and unfolding guerrilla war. Earlier this month, a convoy driving across CAR’s volatile north-west struck an […]
World Rugby will introduce fresh guidelines designed to reduce the amount of contact training done by rugby players. The game’s governing body, which worked with the representative body International Rugby Players (IRP), hopes a six-point checklist will help to reduce training-related injuries and improve performance by limiting players’ contact load […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Exo-Space, a Los Angeles startup formed in 2020 to offer inexpensive easy-to-assemble cubesats, has pivoted in response to growing demand for on-orbit data processing. Exo-Space developed FeatherEdge, an image-analysis device that plugs into a satellite or balloon payload to provide onboard image processing. FeatherEdge will rely on […]
By Jason Arunn Murugesu Polynesian sacred idol statue on Raivavae island, Polynesia Dmitry Malov/Alamy A genetic study has helped shine a light on how the Polynesian islands of the central and southern Pacific – some of which are thousands of kilometres apart – were populated over the past thousand years. […]
Public health authorities have long worried that the emergence in Africa of malaria resistant to artemisinin was only a matter of time. Parasites that can thwart this key component of front-line treatments appeared in Southeast Asia in the early 2000s and eventually led to clinical failures. The stakes are higher […]
It seems like only yesterday that Nick Lachey was crowned the winner of season five of The Masked Singer. Alas, the 98 Degrees singer, who previously competed as Piglet, must end his reign, as season six premieres tonight, Sept. 22. Thankfully, he seems as excited as we are, writing on […]
While the full version of football megaviolence strategy game Blood Bowl 3 wasn’t due to come out until February 2022, an Early Access release had been announced for this month. That’s now been pushed back. As the Blood Bowl 3 team at Cyanide Studio explained on Twitter, “The closed beta […]