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As Covid-era funding dries up and bus services are cut, a food insecurity crisis is brewing from Tennessee to Rhode Island
Zen’Yari Winters’ job, at a pet shop in East Memphis, Tennessee, should be a 20-minute trip from her house. She leaves herself three hours to get there. “The bus is always, always late,” she said – if it shows up at all.
It’s not just her work commute that’s affected by the time-consuming guessing game that is riding with the Memphis Area Transit Authority (Mata). The only full-service grocer in the Chelsea-Hollywood area where she lives closed in 2025.To shop for food in person, she could take two buses for a 13-mile (20km) trip to Walmart. But she risks waiting at bus stops for hours with perishables – or shelling out about $24 for an Uber back.
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Greater agricultural collaboration can improve food security and resilience to global crises, says policy paper
Agricultural co-operatives could “unleash growth” in the UK and improve national food security in the face of crises such as the Middle East conflict by “improving the resilience of UK farms”, according to a report.
The policy paper produced by the Co-operative party, which backs influential Labour MPs including Steve Reed and Jonathan Reynolds, calls for “a shift in perspective, not a doubling down of the status quo”. It says co-ops, which enable farmers to pool resources, share risk and invest collectively, can help “reduce exposure to volatile input markets”, such as fertiliser, fuel and animal feed.
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Calf was transported by water-filled barge in operation deemed ‘inadvisable’ because of low chance of survival
Rescuers have released a young humpback whale that became a national sensation after it was beached in shallow waters off the coast in Germany, although marine experts have said its chances of survival are low.
The whale, variously nicknamed Timmy or Hope, was released into the North Sea off Denmark after being transported there in a water-filled barge by rescuers.
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Colombia hosted nearly 60 countries at pivotal time on world stage for fight to transition to a clean energy future
Looking out to sea from the grey sandy beaches of Santa Marta, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, it is never hard to spot evidence of the country’s thriving fossil fuel export trade. Oil tankers ride at anchor on the horizon and sometimes, locals say, lumps of coal wash up on the shore, blown off the collier ships that carry cargos from the nearby mines.
It was here, on Wednesday evening, that the Colombian government took a bold step to shift its economy – and that of the rest of the world – away from dependence on coal, gas and oil and into a new era of clean energy. With the first ever conference on “transitioning away from fossil fuels”, the host joined nearly 60 countries determined to loosen of the grip of petrostates on the world’s future.
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Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane give the Guardian exclusive extracts as they aim to open eyes to the wonder of Britain’s declining and endangered species
When the artist Jackie Morris collaborated with the writer Robert Macfarlane to celebrate the names of plants and animals controversially removed from the Oxford Junior Dictionary, they never imagined their book, The Lost Words, would become a cultural phenomenon.
Grassroots crowdfunding ensured the book was bought and donated to more than three-quarters of primary schools in England, Wales and Scotland and to every hospice in the country.
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Tebay, Cumbria: While new life begins up on our hills, down at the farmstead I say goodbye to a dear companion
Lambing is still in full swing here, and each evening I start my last rounds at 8.30pm, as by 9.30pm it will be too dark to see the sheep without the headlights of the quad bike. Our main flock of sheep lamb outside, and when the time comes they take themselves off away from the others, usually at dusk or dawn. I know that two sheep have gone up towards the railway line, so I drive along to check them as darkness falls.
From up here I can see both north and south, with the lights of the trucks of the M6 reminding me that the motorway is there. I do not process the sound of the motorway any more, and during the daytime I forget that it is there. A train speeds past with lights on inside, and I think about the thousands of people who pass through this valley every day without stopping or thinking about our lives here.
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Birdwatching no longer niche, old-fashioned pastime, says RSPB as research shows 47% increase in hobby since 2018
Birdwatching is the second fastest growing hobby for generation Z after jewellery making, according to a multiyear study of more than 24,000 people.
Almost 750,000 gen Zers (16 to 29-year-olds) in Britain regularly enjoy watching birds, a 1,088% increase since 2018, according to research by Fifty5Blue published by the RSPB.
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Melbourne zoo’s new breeding centre hopes to safeguard the future of the critically endangered Victorian grassland earless dragon
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The dragons’ lair looks deceptively ordinary: a pair of pale green portables, tucked behind the reptile enclosure at Melbourne zoo.
But the plain exterior belies its hidden treasures. Inside, dozens of Victorian grassland earless dragons, blissfully unaware of their status as Australia’s most imperilled reptile, are basking on rocks, gobbling up crickets or lapping up “dew”, expertly misted by their keeper Zac Harkin.
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
I must admit to cracking a smile when I read the story about the revolting result of a tofu spill last month in Missouri. About 18,000kg (40,000lb) of extra-firm tofu was left to rot for three weeks after a road accident – no one was hurt – turned into an insurance dispute. Local officials described the smell as “unforgettable” and “like a dead animal, but worse”. So, what are history’s greatest bad smells? Liz Prior, Southampton
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Cheshire villagers are letting lawns grow wild to improve diversity and reconnect with nature on their doorstep
Ian Waddington was crouched in his garden last summer, inspecting loose paving, when he lifted a slab and spotted something extraordinary: a tiny field mouse nestled in a hollow, feeding four babies – each half the size of his little finger. “It was astonishing. Like life in miniature,” he says.
After decades in the construction industry, the 86-year-old has found a new passion in retirement – nature. The discovery of the field mice made him realise his garden could be a thriving habitat for animal and plant life. This year, Waddington joined the No Mow May movement and allowed his garden grow wild through spring.
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Nova neinvazivna tehnika stimulacije mozga poznata kao ubrzana kontinuirana theta burst stimulacija (a-cTBS) poboljšava socijalnu komunikaciju nakon mjesec dana praćenja i ima povoljan sigurnosni profil kod djece s autizmom, otkriva nova studija. Smatra se, da bi a-cTBS mogao biti održiva i skalabilna terapijska opcija za djecu s poremećajem iz autističnog spektra.
Multipli mijelom, rak plazma stanica, povijesno je povezan s lošim ishodima preživljavanja, no mogućnosti liječenja su se s vremenom dramatično razvile. Nova analiza je otkrila jasnu promjenu u trendovima smrtnosti koja je usko povezana s glavnim terapijskim napretkom. Između 1975. i sredine 1990-ih, stope smrtnosti su stalno rasle, što odražava ograničenu učinkovitost ranih tretmana poput alkilirajućih sredstava i kortikosteroida. Prekretnica se dogodila 1990-ih uvođenjem autologne transplantacije matičnih stanica, što je označilo prvo značajno poboljšanje ishoda preživljavanja.
Živčana vlakna unutar melanoma mogu usporiti rast ovih tumora, tvrdi nova studija. Smatra se, da rezultati pomažu u razjašnjavanju novog područja neuroznanosti o raku i mogu informirati buduće terapijske strategije.
Nekada najpoznatija po liječenju raka krvi, CAR-T terapija sada se redizajnira za solidne tumore, autoimune bolesti i kronične virusne infekcije, no nova studija pokazuje da sigurnost, upornost i dostupnost ostaju glavne prepreke prije šire kliničke upotrebe.
Nova studija otkrila je da različiti uzorci na snimkama pluća mogu signalizirati koliko je sarkoidoza teška i kako utječe na disanje. Sarkoidoza je bolest koja uzrokuje upalu u različitim dijelovima tijela, najčešće u plućima. Dok neki ljudi imaju blage simptome ili čak normalnu funkciju pluća, drugi razvijaju trajno oštećenje pluća, poznato kao fibroza, koja može otežati disanje.
Rastuća incidencija nekoliko vrsta raka poput raka debelog crijeva i raka jajnika među osobama mlađim od 50 godina je zabrinjavajuća, no nije jasno mogu li promjene u čimbenicima rizika u ponašanju objasniti ove trendove.
Kada jetra zakaže, toksini - poput amonijaka - koji bi se trebali filtrirati iz krvi nakupljaju se i dopiru do mozga. Rezultat je hepatička encefalopatija (HE), razorna neurološka komplikacija bolesti jetre koja može uzrokovati tjeskobu, zbunjenost, gubitak pamćenja i, u teškim slučajevima, komu. Hepatička encefalopatija je česta završna točka ciroze jetre, što dovodi do čestih hospitalizacija i predstavlja veliko opterećenje za pacijente i zdravstvene sustave diljem svijeta.
Minimalno invazivni zahvat na srcu može biti bolji tretman prve linije od lijekova za osobe koje žive s uznapredovalim oblicima atrijske fibrilacije, pokazuje nova studija.
Prema novom istraživanju, osobe s uznapredovalim bolestima srca, bubrega i metabolizma mogu se suočiti s većim rizikom od razvoja raka. Kombinacija srčanih, bubrežnih i metaboličkih stanja (dijabetes i pretilost) poznata je kao kardiovaskularno-bubrežno-metabolički sindrom (CKM). Najveće opasnosti od njega su smrt i invaliditet od srčanih bolesti i moždanog udara.
Izgleda da povećani rizik od kardiovaskularnih bolesti nakon menopauze može proizaći ne samo iz pada razine hormona, već i iz načina na koji te promjene utječu na aktivnost gena, pokazuje nova studija.
