Japan promoting stronger tasting 'mother cow' wagyu for exports
Oct 31, 2021 23:34 pm UTC| Economy Life
Japan is looking to export more wagyu from refattened mother cows, aged 90 to 100 months and previously considered to be of low value, individually fed to produce meat with moderate fat. Wagyu from young cows aged 27 to...
250,000 cats have no owners in UK urban areas – but there are ways we can help
Oct 31, 2021 23:31 pm UTC| Life
The UK is home to around 10.8 million owned pet cats. But the number of unowned cats living on the streets in the UK has remained largely unknown until now. Our new research, published in the journal Scientific...
Sewage pollution: our research reveals the scale of England's growing problem
Oct 31, 2021 23:30 pm UTC| Life
The UK has around 1,500 individual river systems, totalling over 200,000km in length. Its common for sewers here to accept both untreated human waste and rain water in a combined system. Water and sewerage companies are...
A comedian always in search of 'a good ending', Bert Newton has died at 83
Oct 31, 2021 23:26 pm UTC| Life
Bert Newton has died at 83. An icon of Australian broadcasting, he is remembered as a master performer and comedian, with successful roles on radio, television and the theatre. He is survived by his wife Patti, children...
Apple and Amazon Q3 results warn of difficult holiday season
Oct 29, 2021 13:01 pm UTC| Economy Life
Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have reported disappointing quarterly results that warn of a difficult holiday season as getting enough products to consumers is a daunting challenge for nearly everyone. Amazon is hobbled...
Sweden's Oumph! comes up with a plant-based burger for Halloween that resembles ‘human meat’
Oct 28, 2021 23:50 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
Swedish meat alternative brand Oumph! unveiled a special edition plant-based burger for Halloween that resembles human meat to temporarily join its extensive product line. The Halloween burger, made from soy, mushrooms,...
NFT game Cryptobuds lets users build digital cannabis empires
Oct 28, 2021 23:50 pm UTC| Life Digital Currency Economy
A weed-themed crafting game dubbed Cryptobuds that lets users purchase NFT component cards to build a cannabis business, grow rare strains, and trade with other players on the WAX blockchain will be available...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects