Manchester – Kettinki

2024-09-15 @ 15.54.07 ∈ In English

‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

In general, the claims about how long people are living mostly don’t stack up. I’ve tracked down 80% of the people aged over 110 in the [world]. Of those, almost none have a birth certificate. […] [A] Japanese government review in [2010 found] that 82% of the people aged over 100 in Japan turned out to be dead.

2023-10-27 @ 18.01.18 ∈ In English

Bed bugs are a global problem, yet we still know little about how they spread

[A statistical model shows a significant peak in bed bug cases around August and September each year.] People assume they travel on luggage, but it's never been proven. My previous work in 2017 [proved] that they aggregate in dirty clothes in the absence of humans.

2023-06-17 @ 22.11.50 ∈ In English

Rare butterflies thriving after reintroduction bid

The large heath butterfly was once so widespread that it was locally named the Manchester argus. But its habitat was wrecked by the 19th Century arrival of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Wildlife experts said they were "optimistic" about the species, which is now "breeding strongly".