Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

'As tourists savored icy granitas under hibiscus trees and swam in the cool Mediterranean Sea, in the farmlands of southern Sicily, among hillsides so scorched they resembled desert dunes, a farmer watched recently as his cows headed to the slaughterhouse.
After months of drought, he didn’t have any water or food to give them.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/world/europe/drought-farming-tourism.html

'The prospect of an H5N1 pandemic has been a source of concern ever since the virus was isolated from humans in Hong Kong in 1997. In response, the U.S. government began developing pandemic-preparedness plans. A series of reports from the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has emphasized the need for the stockpiling of personal protective equipment, resilient supply chains, and greater coordination between agencies and various levels of government. Yet despite these plans and warnings, and despite being ranked the most prepared among 195 countries to handle a pandemic on the Global Health Security Index in 2019, when Covid-19 arrived, the United States fared terribly by most measures'

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2406427

'While other reportable sexually transmitted infections declined or remained flat during the pandemic, over 207,000 cases of syphilis were reported in 2022, an 80 percent increase since 2018 and the highest number reported since 1950.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/opinion/syphilis-disease-rates-rising.html

Ever wanted to know how to do spatial genetic simulations?

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.24.604988v1

"Can the Museum Survive?"

From looted artifacts to rogue employees, a series of crises have beset some of the world’s most visited collections.

#Culture #Museum #Art

https://newrepublic.com/article/182277/can-museum-survive-looting-colonialism

"For the vast majority of human history, people made group decisions through consensus. It is perhaps the most conspicuous feature of political life among recent hunter-gatherer societies, from the Ju/’hoansi to the Aboriginal peoples of Australia to the Indigenous societies of the early Americas. As an anthropologist, I have observed consensus-based decision-making myself among hunter-gatherers in the rainforests of Malaysia."

https://aeon.co/essays/what-the-ju-hoansi-can-tell-us-about-group-decision-making

UKCORI has published its 2024 annual statement. The statement outlines the health of integrity in UK research systems, highlighting key initiatives across the sector, including UKRIO’s work. Learn about the five main recommendations UKCORI suggests organisations and individuals can take to maintain and enhance research integrity.

Click the link below to read the full annual statement.

https://zurl.co/YwsY

#Statement #Research #Integrity #UKCORI #UKRIO #ResearchIntegrity

Comprehensive assessment of pesticide use patterns and increased cancer risk

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cancer-control-and-society/articles/10.3389/fcacs.2024.1368086/full

Running out of time - #Stoptheharm
UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’ https://aje.io/l9ni3q

“The heart does not get dementia”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/26/smell-it-its-wonderful-dutch-gallery-designs-tours-for-people-with-dementia

#dementia #DementiaAwareness

Interesting new research summarised here suggesting that high air pollution exposure in childhood has long lasting impacts into adulthood on lung health irrespective of whether you had childhood asthma. Pollution must be tackled.🧪 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/26/childhood-air-pollution-adult-lung-health-bronchitic-symptoms-study

Researchers record images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike

Researchers have captured what they believe is the first ever video of a shark or any large marine animal being struck by a boat.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240724123103.htm #science

Today I made sure I have the right shirt on

Wow. Scientific American blasts SCOTUS rulings:

"Science is dismissed and disdained in this war on reality."

"technically incompetent, in some cases corrupt, politicos in robes with power over matters that hinge on vital facts about pollution, medicine, employment and much else."

"In rejecting facts to please their political party—and their patrons—the justices of the Court’s majority have broken their oath, made to both the Constitution and the American people."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-supreme-courts-contempt-for-facts-is-a-betrayal-of-justice/

"But what can you call someone who cannot enjoy the sight of dolphins, if not a loser?"

I experienced this many times back in Italy, as the Mediterranean sea summers flourish with ultra-rich foreigners whose only look at our coasts are of orientalist empty landscapes for them to enjoy and show off, together with Italian rich that aspire to impress the foreigners.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/24/extreme-wealth-super-rich-devon-society-planet

#ClimateDiary

Dedicated school counselors are providing ongoing mental health care at elementary and junior high schools in the Okunoto region in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was severely affected by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/26/japan/society/noto-children-mental-health-care/ #japan #society #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #schools #children #mentalhealth