Doing laundry by hand sheds just as many microfibres as machine washing – new research

Simply trying to avoid synthetic clothing won’t fix our microfibre pollution problem

Thomas Stanton, Axa Research Fund Fellow, Loughborough University • conversation
Oct. 24, 2023 • ~8 min

Philippines Accuses China of Hitting its Boats in South China Sea
VOA Learning English • voa
Oct. 23, 2023 • ~4 min

The Philippines has rated 'Golden Rice' safe, but farmers might not plant it

Golden Rice – a controversial genetically modified product designed to combat malnutrition – has been approved as safe in the Philippines. But key questions remain unanswered.

Dominic Glover, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies • conversation
Feb. 7, 2020 • ~9 min

Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers, study suggests

Hunter-gatherers in the Philippines who convert to farming work around ten hours a week longer than their forager neighbours, a new study suggests, complicating the idea that agriculture represents progress. The research also shows that the adoption of agriculture impacts most on the lives of women.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 21, 2019 • ~5 min

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