Nairobi DusitD2 hotel attacked by suspected militants
From BBC Suspected militants have attacked a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi, killing a number of people. Gunfire and blasts were heard at the compound in the Westlands district of the Kenyan capital, which houses the DusitD2 hotel as well…
Slave traders carried deadly blood parasite from Africa to New World, study finds
By Tyler MacDonald The Schistosoma mansoni parasite made its way to the New World through the slave trade, according to a new study. The team used genome analysis to pinpoint when two of the Schistosoma parasite’s species split from each…
A new Face Changes the Human Story
A new Face Changes the Human Story. But How? By Jamie Shreeve, National Geographic Photographs by Robert Clark Scientists have discovered a new species of human ancestor deep in a South African cave, adding a baffling new branch to the…
Wildlife trafficking
U.S. takes new steps to combat wildlife trafficking By Jeff Zients And Christy Goldfuss From Whitehouse Blog Summary: President Obama is making sure that, when it comes to ending poaching, the United States takes the lead. The loss of Zimbabwe’s…
How to recover from Chikungunya
FromwikiHow Chikungunya is a virus, transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. The number one transmission agent for the disease is the yellow fever mosquito, an insect living in tropical areas like South America or Africa. There…
US assesses virus of the Caribbean
By Aleszu Bajak From Nature Researchers warn that a change of mosquito host could accelerate spread of chikungunya across the Americas. In the past few months, passengers at North American airports have been warned that travel to the Caribbean might…
Volunteer rarely spends any time at home as he jets out to help countries in crisis
From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald WITH a private education in Bath and a law degree under your belt, you would expect to be flying off to the Caribbean or the Côte d’Azur, rather than South Sudan and Bangladesh. But…
