Pacific garbage patch getting bigger

Pacific garbage patch getting bigger

Toothbrushes, hardhats and plastic icy pole sticks are among the common items scientists have discovered while researching a giant patch of rubbish in the Pacific. Known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the area covers about 19 million square kilometres of the...
What is Metabolism?

What is Metabolism?

Metabolism is the rate at which your body burns it’s way through calories just to keep itself alive. Your metabolism keeps your heart beating, your lungs breathing and your blood pumping. Your body is constantly burning calories. An average adult female burns around...
The developing world is awash in pesticides

The developing world is awash in pesticides

In today’s globalized world, it is not inconceivable that one might drink coffee from Colombia in the morning, munch cashews from Vietnam for lunch, and gobble grains from Ethiopia for dinner. That we can enjoy these products is thanks, in large part, to expanded...