Singapore (AFP) Dec 19, 2020 Lab-grown chicken meat made a historic debut at a Singapore restaurant Saturday in a culinary first that its creators said could help reduce the environmental damage involved in human food production. US start-up Eat Just said earlier this month that its product had been approved for sale in the city-state as an ingredient in chicken nuggets after Singapore became the … Continue reading Lab-grown meat makes historic debut in Singapore

Manila (AFP) Dec 19, 2020 At least two people were killed and hundreds forced to flee their inundated homes in the Philippines as torrential rain triggered flooding and landslides in the storm-battered archipelago, officials said Saturday. Huge waves smashed into a coastal village on Lapu-Lapu island in the central province of Cebu on Friday night, wiping out dozens of houses and leaving around 290 people … Continue reading Two dead, hundreds flee floods in Philippine storm

Balata Camp, Territoires Palestiniens (AFP) Dec 20, 2020 In Palestinian refugee camps in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, some residents are preparing weapons for a potential power struggle when president Mahmud Abbas finally leaves the stage. Abbas, 85, leader of the dominant Fatah movement and of the Palestinian Authority (PA), has promised legislative and presidential elections in 2021, for the first time in almost 15 years. … Continue reading In refugee camps, Palestinians prepare for post-Abbas power struggle

Ouagadougou (AFP) Dec 18, 2020 Burkina Faso’s top court on Friday certified that President Roch Marc Christian Kabore had been elected for a second five-year term in a November poll. “The candidate Kabore, Roch Marc Christian, is elected president,” Constitutional Court head Kassoum Kambou announced. Kambou said the staging of the November 22 election was “normal,” despite opposition accusations of irregularities.http://dlvr.it/Rny0sL Continue reading Burkina Faso court confirms Kabore’s landslide win

Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 17, 2020 In the transition toward clean, renewable energy, there will still be a need for conventional power sources, like coal and natural gas, to ensure steady power to the grid. Researchers across the world are using unique materials and methods that will make those conventional power sources cleaner through carbon capture technology. Creating accurate, detailed models is key to scaling … Continue reading Carbon capture’s next top model

Cosmetics companies traditionally have relied on in-person retail sales to attract new customers and maintain existing clientele. The pandemic, however, has upended the cosmetics industry, bringing new challenges as well as a host of opportunities for companies that are agile and creative enough to take advantage. The E-Commerce Times spoke with experts in cosmetic sales about trends in this dynamic and evolving industry.http://dlvr.it/Rny0lv Continue reading E-Commerce Working Beautifully for the Cosmetics Industry

Raleigh NC (SPX) Dec 15, 2020 Many people think of composting organic matter as a way of keeping solid waste out of landfills, but a new study from North Carolina State University finds there can be significant environmental benefits associated with using compost at landfills. “There are an increasing number of composting programs out there, and many of them are required to use the resulting … Continue reading Applying compost to landfills could have environmental benefits

Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 15, 2020 Oxidized organic aerosol is a major component of ambient particulate matter, substantially impacting climate, human health, and ecosystems. Oxidized aerosol from biomass burning is especially toxic, known to contain a large amount of species that are known carcinogens, mutagens. Inhaling biomass burning particles also cause oxidative stress and cause a wide range of diseases such as hearthttp://dlvr.it/RntT1H Continue reading Shedding light on the dark side of biomass burning pollution

Geneva (AFP) Dec 16, 2020 The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a team of international experts would travel to China next month to help investigate the animal origins of Covid-19. “I can confirm that this will take place in January,” WHO spokesman Hedinn Halldorsson told AFP when asked about reports that the expert team would finally go to China next month. A year into … Continue reading International team seeking Covid-19 origin to go to China in January: WHO

Montreal, Canada (SPX) Dec 17, 2020 It’s known that the primary cause of the mass extinction of dinosaurs, about 66 million years ago, was a meteorite impact. But the exact mechanisms that linked the meteorite impact to mass extinction remain unclear, though climactic changes are thought to have played a part. To understand how the mass extinction and associated climate changes affected specific ecosystems, a … Continue reading When dinosaurs disappeared, forests thrived