Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix series “Polo” hasn’t been a hit with critics. They wanted to show the glamorous world of polo, but it’s been called boring and tone-deaf. The series follows polo players and their lavish lives, with Harry and Meghan barely appearing. They say they didn’t cont
Ever thought about what happens when you mix sludge from anaerobic digestion with biochar and apply it to slightly alkaline soil? A recent study explored this exact idea. Researchers ran a field test for 180 days, focusing on how anaerobic digested sludge biochar (ADBC) affects alkaline soil. They c
Balancing what science tells us and what's best for each person is a big challenge in healthcare today. This is where values-based practice comes in. It's like a bridge between the world of scientific evidence and the world of personal experiences and beliefs. The idea is to make decisions together,
Have you ever wondered if your body shape could affect your health? Turns out, it might. The conicity index, or CI, is a measure that tells us about visceral obesity, which is the fat around your belly. Research has found that this index is linked to atherosclerosis, a disease that causes your arter
Imagine you're trying to keep a garden healthy. You need the right tools, good planning, and sometimes, a bit of luck. Just like caring for a garden, the integration of health and social care services can be tricky. The world is changing, and more people need complex care. Governments have pushed fo
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a tricky disease to diagnose and track with imaging. One of the best tools doctors have is FDG PET/CT, but it's not always easy to read the results. The bone marrow can show all sorts of patterns, making it hard for doctors to agree on what they see. This can make it tough t
As winter approaches, Iran is facing rolling blackouts, leaving people and businesses in the dark. The country’s energy woes are a blend of many factors, including economic mismanagement, international sanctions, and, perhaps surprisingly, a cryptocurrency boom. Bitcoin mining, which demands vast am
This week, President Xi Jinping of China indicated that Beijing is ready to work with the incoming U. S. President, Donald Trump, to resolve trade disputes. In a letter to a U. S. -China business council, Xi underlined the importance of choosing dialogue over conflicts and cooperation over competiti
Mitch McConnell, the US Senate minority leader who survived polio as a kid, condemned the actions of a lawyer associated with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This lawyer asked the FDA to revoke the polio vaccine's approval, despite it saving millions of lives. McConnell warned that such moves undermine public
At the heart of livestock farming lies an important goal: making the most out of the feed given to animals. This is what we call feed efficiency. It's like asking how much product (like meat or milk) we get out of every bite of feed the animal eats. But there's a tricky balance here. While we want m
