Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds pred 15 urami in 24 minutami Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlinesOcean waves crashing on the world’s shores emit more PFAS into the air than the world’s industrial polluters, new research has found, raising concerns about environmental contamination and human exposure along coastlines.The study measured levels of PFAS released from the bubbles that burst when waves crash, spraying aerosols into the air. It found sea spray levels were hundreds of thousands times higher than levels in the water. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Play aims to unravel mystery of poet Nan Shepherd’s masterwork pred 15 urami in 35 minutami Production examines why Scottish poet’s The Living Mountain lay unpublished in a drawer for 30 yearsNan Shepherd, the Scottish poet and nature writer whose vivid reflections on her treks through the Cairngorms have brought posthumous acclaim, is celebrated in a new play that aims to unravel the mystery of why her masterwork remained unpublished in a drawer for 30 years.Shepherd is recognisable to many from her striking pose on the Royal Bank of Scotland’s £5 note after preceding Jane Austen by a year to become the first female writer on British paper currency. While she enjoyed bursts of public recognition in her lifetime, it is since her death in 1981, and the 2011 republication of her seminal meditation on the Cairngorm range, The Living Mountain, that she has reached a global audience. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Women urged to contact police over ‘Manchester nightlife’ online videos pred 15 urami in 49 minutami Dozens of secretly filmed, voyeuristic videos feature women often in short dresses on nights outWomen who have been secretly filmed on nights out are being urged to contact UK police after videos posted online have racked up millions of views and attracted an abundance of misogynistic comments.Police are trying to catch people responsible for dozens of voyeuristic TikTok and YouTube videos that have titles such as “Manchester nightlife” and feature women who do not know they are being filmed. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Autonomous e-scooters could ride themselves back to charging points pred 16 urami in 4 minutami Teams of staff usually return e-scooters to where they will be needed, but adapted scooters that can balance and stop themselves, and be controlled remotely, are a step towards autonomous ones that can take themselves wherever they have to go(New Scientist)
Nas’ 'Illmatic' Was the Beginning of the End of the Album pred 16 urami in 4 minutami Nas’ critically revered Illmatic hit record store shelves 30 years ago today. The digital age has ensured that there will never be another album like it.(Wired)
Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse pred 16 urami in 4 minutami An infection can upset your microbiome, and if certain gut fungi run riot, this can kick the immune system into overdrive.(Wired)
