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In a stark example of how everything on our living planet is interconnected, one species of tiny, invasive insects has reduced lions' abilities to feast on zebras.As we humans are causing so many different changes to our environment all at once, it's not always easy to pin the consequence on the disturbance that produced it.So University of Wyoming zoologist Douglas Kamaru and colleagues performed a series of experiments to untangle the mess of species interactions on Kenya's savanna to discover an outsized impact a mere…

A recently published study in The Astrophysical Journal details 18 new black holes discovered eating away at nearby stars. The black holes were found when astronomers noticed new tidal disruption events (TDEs), which are extreme instances where a star is tidally drawn into a black hole.The stars are ripped into shreds and slowly eaten by the black hole, creating an enormous burst of energy that can be seen all across the electromagnetic spectrum. It’s these TDEs that scientists look for when they are trying to…

A new study highlights the risk associated with feeding dogs a raw meat diet, significantly increasing the likelihood of them excreting ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli. This resistance poses a health risk to both the pets and their owners. The research, involving 600 dogs, underscores the need for safer meat-sourcing practices and cooking meat to eliminate these resistant bacteria. Recommendations include choosing high-quality raw meat or meat from farms with low antibiotic use and implementing stricter industry…

A study of 600 healthy pet dogs has found a strong link between the canines being fed raw meat, and pooping out Escherichia coli baceria that is resistant to the broad spectrum antibiotic ciprofloxacin.In other words, dangerous and difficult-to-kill bacteria could be making its way between humans and farm animals through raw meat that's fed to dogs. That's an alarming finding, say the researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK."Our aim was not to focus on raw dog food, but to investigate what might make a dog…

Credit: Scott Webb from Pexels Big businesses like to tell us that, as consumers, we all pay for food theft. We've been sold a narrative that as consumers who don't steal, we pay for the theft of food by others on our grocery receipts. Reported increases in food theft in Canada are linked to pressures from rising inflation along…

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels New research has exposed how food charity in schools is becoming mainstreamed across England amidst the cost-of-living crisis, welfare cutbacks, and entrenched poverty. The findings, led by the University of Bristol and published in the British Educational Research Journal, show an expanding…

In 2006 Wayne Rooney, then a 20-year-old Manchester United forward, signed a £5m deal for five autobiographies to be published over the next 12 years. But two books never surfaced; instead we got kiss-and-tell memoirs from Helen Wood and Jenny Thompson, whose company he bought while his wife, Coleen, was pregnant with their first child, Kai, now a record-breaking goalscorer in United’s youth academy. Her new book skimps on none of that, even if its headline attraction is naturally last year’s legal tussle with Rebekah…

A new study has found that feeding dogs uncooked meat increases their risk of excreting E. coli that is resistant to a widely-used antibiotic, thereby increasing the potential that the bacteria will be passed on to owners and other people and cause infections that may be difficult to treat.The main cause of antibiotic resistance is antibiotic overuse. The more we use antibiotics, the more opportunities bacteria have to become resistant to them. Fluoroquinolones are a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics that are used in…

The spread of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be “highly disruptive” to financial markets as the technology aids the publication of false information, and makes leaks of intellectual property more likely, according to analysts at UBS Group AG.In an ESG investing op-ed published Friday, UBS analysts Annabel Willder, Victoria Kalb and Julie Hudson listed all the ways in which the increasing adoption of generative AI might results in a number of ethical issues.“Inaccurate information or ‘confabulations’…

A Swedish study shows that providing food for small birds during winter results in healthier birds with better immune response. As birds face new pathogens due to climate change and human activity, understanding factors like winter feeding is important for their survival.Seeds and fat balls do more than just fill small birds’ stomachs. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that feeding during the wintertime causes birds to be healthier, since they do not have to expend as much energy fighting infections.A…