Tag Archives: United Kingdom

03Nov/25

The Declining Wildflowers and the Meadow Solution

November 3, 2025Human InterestBee, Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Daniel Gibbs, Insect ecology, Martha Kearney, Meadow, Pollination, Pollinator, Simon Potts, Symbiosis, UK, United Kingdom, Wildflower stripadmin

Nov. 3, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — An article by Martha Kearney, Presenter of BBC Radio 4’s This Natural Life, detailing her personal concern over the severe decline in British wildflowers since her childhood and her efforts to create her own wildflower meadow. Experts, including Professor Simon Potts and Professor Daniel Gibbs, highlight the detrimental consequences of this decline, predicting lower crop yields, higher food prices for consumers, and a loss of essential biodiversity, particularly pollinators like bees and butterflies. Continue reading →

26Oct/25

Water Pollution Threatens UK Food Chain

October 26, 2025EnvironmentAgriculture, Aquatic ecology, Aquifers, Drinking water, Effects of climate change, Environmental science, Food security, Pollution, Sanitation, United Kingdom, Wales, Water pollutionadmin

Hydrachem, a UK-based water and surface disinfection specialist warns that the surge in contaminated water incidents poses a grave threat to the food and farming sectors. Hydrachem reports a 29% increase in pollution incidents in England and Wales in 2024, with severe cases rising by 60%, jeopardising crop quality, livestock welfare, and the entire food supply chain. Continue reading

25Oct/25

Should you pour coffee down the drain? An environmental scientist explains

October 25, 2025EnvironmentCaffeine, Coffee, Coffee production, Creative Commons, Decaffeination, Drain, Drainage, Environmental engineering, Kevin Collins, Sewage treatment, United Kingdom, Used coffee grounds, Water, Water pollutionadmin

Kevin Collins, The Open University

A woman was recently fined £150 by a council for pouring coffee down a drain before getting on a bus. The fine has now been rescinded by Richmond council in London, but the incident has prompted many discussions about whether coffee discarded like this could cause environmental damage.

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27Sep/25

Carbon3.ai Launches Sustainable Sovereign AI Platform in UK

September 27, 2025InnovationArtificial intelligence, Artificial intelligence in India, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Data science, Sarvam AI, United Kingdomadmin

The launch of Carbon3.ai is billed as the UK’s first truly sovereign and sustainable AI platform. This new initiative plans to deploy a nationwide AI Mesh with over 100,000 GPUs, powered by its own renewable energy generation and supported by significant planned investment exceeding £1 billion. The platform aims to offer UK enterprises and government a secure, low-latency, high-performance AI compute alternative with a smaller carbon footprint and lower cost than competitors. Continue reading

16Sep/25

Racism isn’t innate – here are five psychological stages that may lead to it

September 16, 2025SocialAbuse, Anxiety, Australia, Creative Commons, Emotions, Empathy, Evolutionary psychology, Human behavior, Identity, Internalized racism, Moral psychology, Pascal Boyer, Prejudice, Racism, Steve Taylor, United Kingdom, United States, Vicadmin

Steve Taylor, Leeds Beckett University

Research from Europe and Australia in recent years has found a rise in the number of people experiencing racism. Reports from the US and UK have indicated that most ethnic minority participants felt racism was getting worse. And a global study has found rising incidents of discrimination.

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13Sep/25

Security delivered for working people as UK-US ties strengthened with new Google Cloud partnership for classified information sharing

September 13, 2025Security.google, Computer security, Cyber, Defence Intelligence, James Hockenhull, John Healey, Malware, Military communications of the United Kingdom, Military of the United Kingdom, Ministry of Defence, Tara Brady, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

From:
Ministry of Defence and The Rt Hon John Healey MP
Published
12 September 2025

UK – US defence and security ties enhanced through major deal with Google Cloud – delivering the Government’s Plan for Change.
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05Sep/25

What I’ve learned from photographing (almost) every British wildflower

September 5, 2025Human InterestBen Lawers, Brownfield land, Creative Commons, Edinburgh, Estonia, Norway, Orchid, Plant, Richard Milne, Scotland, SHUTTERSTOCK, United Kingdom, Vlad Krivtsov, Wales, Yorkadmin

The author’s project took him all over Britain.
Montage images: Pajor Pawel/Shutterstock (background); Richard Milne (flowers)

Richard Milne, University of Edinburgh

The wildflowers of Britain include all manner of treasures – yet many people are only aware of a few, such as bluebells and foxgloves. A lot of its other flora are rare because of Britain’s location at the northern, western or even southern edges of their natural geographic – and hence climatic – ranges.

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17May/25

what is the Eurovision song contest all about?

May 17, 2025MusicAustralia, Basel, Eurovision, Eurovision Song Contest, France, Germany, Italy, Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest, Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdomadmin

May 17, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. It brings together participants representing primarily European countries, although nations from outside of Europe, such as Australia, have also been invited to compete. Continue reading →

15May/25

US Families Relocating to Europe Seek Tutoring Support

May 15, 2025EconomyAdam Caller, Education, Learning, Oxford, Oxford OX2 7HT, Teaching, Tutoring, Tutors International, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

May 15, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — This is a press release from Tutors International, a private tutoring company, announcing a recent increase in enquiries from US families moving to Europe or the UK. The company attributes this rise to American families seeking lifestyle changes, cultural enrichment, or job flexibility abroad and highlights the key challenges families face Continue reading →

14May/25

Everyone isn’t ‘a little bit autistic’ – here’s why this notion is harmful

May 14, 2025HealthcareAimee Grant, Asperger syndrome, Autism, Autism rights movement, Autistic masking, Creative Commons, Developmental psychology, Double empathy problem, Masking, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trustadmin

Aimee Grant, Swansea University

I recently had a medical appointment and explained that I’m autistic. It affects how I communicate and understand information, and sometimes I’m misinterpreted as being rude. The person nodded and replied: “Well, everyone’s a little bit autistic.” They then shared something they struggle with, sometimes, when they haven’t had enough sleep.

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