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Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist

https://www.theguardian.com/global/article/2024/jun/27/ultra-processed-foods-need-tobacco-style-warnings-says-scientist

Prof Carlos Monteiro of the University of São Paulo:

Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist

UPFs should also be heavily taxed due to impact on health and mortality, says scientist who coined term

The Guardian

Elephants call each other by name, study finds

“This indicates that elephants can determine whether a call was intended for them just by hearing the call, even when out of its original context.”

“The evidence provided here that elephants use non-imitative sounds to label others indicates they have the ability for abstract thought.”

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/10/elephant-names-study-ai

Elephants call each other by name, study finds

Researchers used artificial intelligence algorithm to analyse calls by two herds of African savanna elephants in Kenya

The Guardian

“As scholars and youth educators, we recognize the fervor over links between violence and the music. But that fervor obscures the message of loss and frustration from the young artists and the audiences responding to it. Drill’s critics are often not hearing the pain seething beneath the sound.”

https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-drill-musics-connections-to-guns-and-violence-obscure-art/83c1acdd-e6af-44cc-a229-045da9989382

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Drill rap is on trial. But is the message behind the music getting lost in the hysteria?

In an essay, a digital innovation professor and South Side youth educator argue that the moralizing about drill rap’s glorification of violence obscures the stories of loss and frustration from the artists behind the music.

WBEZ Chicago
Work has conquered every day of the week. How do we remain human in a world that worships toil?

Left unchecked, work will rule your life. If we can’t entirely exorcise the work demon, we should, frankly, make it harder for it to do its thing

The Guardian

The FAA knows of 47 events globally in which a US airline jettisoned fuel in the past three years

https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/airplane-fuel-dumping-landing-weight/

Planes dump fuel into the sky more than you’d expect. Here’s why they do it.

It can take hours for a plane to burn through enough fuel to get under its maximum landing weight after it lifts off for a long flight.

Popular Science

“The plane … had to dump 20 tonnes of fuel into the Atlantic Ocean ‘approximately 10 miles west of Martha’s Vineyard’, due to the weight of the plane.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/15/cargo-plane-new-york-horse-escapes

Horse breaks free mid-air, forcing cargo plane’s return to New York

Boeing 747 cargo plane turns back after horse becomes untethered in flight and pilot says ‘We cannot get the horse back secured’

The Guardian

There are 3,000 reptiles at the Koorana Crocodile Farm in Queensland, Australia. And all it takes to get them in the mood is some low-flying Chinooks

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/the-crocodiles-bellowed-at-the-sky-then-mated-like-mad-the-sex-frenzy-sparked-by-helicopters

‘The crocodiles bellowed at the sky – then mated like mad’: the sex frenzy sparked by helicopters

There are 3,000 reptiles at the Koorana Crocodile Farm in Queensland, Australia. And all it takes to get them in the mood is some low-flying Chinooks

The Guardian
Japan gets a new island after undersea volcano erupts

New landmass about 100 metres across pops up above the waves near Iwoto island after eruptions began last month

The Guardian
New island emerges off Japan after volcanic eruption

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Seeds of potential: the Caribbean women reviving a dying art

Seed work was first practised by enslaved African women in Antigua and Barbuda. With few artisans left, efforts are under way to preserve it in a way that empowers younger generations

The Guardian