Listed below are this week's tales about what is going on effectively on the planet:
- An Italian fisherman is defending Tuscany's coast from unlawful trawling.
- 120 golden retrievers had been efficiently evacuated from the Ukrainian port of Odesa.
- An Ecuadoran toad that was considered mute has discovered his voice.
- Promising new know-how that would have a big impact on how we deal with and remedy most cancers.
- Shocking information from this yr’s World Happiness Report.
(Plus a bit one thing to place a spring in your step).
Watch the video above for extra on every story or learn on under.
1. An Italian fisherman has been stopping unlawful fishing trawlers of their tracks – utilizing sculpture
Paolo Fanciulli started to note the unmistakable indicators of unlawful trawling – a technique of fishing that includes dragging a internet via the water – across the coast the place he fishes. The heavy, weighted nets used for trawling had been tearing up the seabed and marine life of their wake.
“They had been devastating the ocean and my lifestyle,” Fanciulli informed Euronews. “If the ocean dies, so does the fisherman. You may’t simply take, it's important to give too.”
And so he created a sculpture park beneath the ocean, referred to as La Casa dei Pesci – Home of Fish.
However how do sculptures cease trawling?
Sculptures create a bodily barrier in opposition to unlawful trawlers as a result of they snag the nets. After which if the trawlers don’t launch the nets, their boats can sink.
The challenge has contributed considerably to placing a cease to unlawful trawling within the space and the artworks have inspired marine life again to the waters.
Seagrass is rising once more, and so are fish numbers.
Learn extra in regards to the underwater sculpture park, written by Rebecca Ann Hughes, right here.
2. Greater than 120 golden retrievers have been efficiently evacuated from Odesa, Ukraine
The canines had been transported in vans and four-wheel drives. "[We had] 20 canines per automotive, which made it very uncomfortable for them, however we had no different resolution, we needed to take them to security,” stated Alexandr Kovali, the administrator of the golden retriever membership in Ukraine.
The journey was lengthy and arduous, however after three days in customs, the canines have made it to Chișinău, the capital of Moldova.
The area the place the canines are being hosted was offered without cost and their meals was supplied with the assistance of donations from the neighborhood.
The plan is for the canines to achieve numerous medical centres and households throughout Europe and the US. Golden retrievers are identified for being type and delicate companions, making them nice help canines.
3. An Ecuadoran toad that was considered mute has discovered his voice – take heed to him sing (sure, sing) within the video above
Sooner or later, Jorge Brito, an Ecuadorian biologist, was strolling via the forest when he thought he heard the chirping of a cricket. However when he bent down to have a look, he discovered as an alternative a toad – however not simply any toad, one referred to as the Rhinella festae that’s immediately recognisable because of its distinguished nostril.
The toad's tune broke the century-long silence of the species, which was considered mute as a result of it would not have vocal slits and sacs.
"The group was not imagined to sing, it's a silent group, however truly it's not, it truly sang, and this has additionally led to the invention of some species that, for technical causes, must be silent however haven't been," stated Diego Batallas, a biologist concerned within the investigation.
The tune of the toad, which lives within the highlands of Ecuador and Peru, is just like a chicken's.
4. Promising new know-how that would have a big impact on how we deal with and remedy most cancers
Columbia College researchers have created a cloak of invisibility to cover micro organism when focusing on most cancers tumours.
The findings might supply revolutionary benefits to bacteria-based immunotherapy, a therapy that helps the immune system assault most cancers cells, which is a rising matter of curiosity in most cancers analysis.
“Bacterial most cancers remedy holds distinctive benefits over typical drug remedy, comparable to environment friendly focusing on of the tumour tissue and programmable drug launch,” says Prof Kam W. Leong, one of many examine's researchers and a professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia College.
However with all its potential, there are two large challenges with bacteria-based immunotherapy. First, the micro organism is alive and it could possibly proliferate inside our our bodies. And second, scientists wanted to discover a technique to activate the immune system to struggle the micro organism as soon as it has reached the tumour, not earlier than. If the immune system assaults the micro organism earlier than it reaches the tumour the operation fails.
The excellent news is that the cloaking strategy introduced within the new examine might deal with these two vital points.
The cloak hides the great cancer-fighting micro organism from our immune system in order that it could possibly journey quicker on to the tumour, undetected.
Scientists have additionally managed to make the invisibility cloak fade over time, in order that the micro organism could be detected by the immune system solely as soon as it has reached the tumour, and be cleared in different components of the physique the place the micro organism will not be wanted, avoiding any detrimental unwanted effects.
5. Shocking insights from the World Happiness Report
There have been a number of key findings on this yr's World Happiness Report.
First, the pandemic introduced a rise in social assist and benevolence.
Professor John Helliwell of the College of British Columbia stated the staff behind the report was capable of assess not simply the significance of benevolence and belief, however how they've contributed to wellbeing in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Belief is very vital. We discover individuals are a lot, a lot happier in the event that they really feel they're in an atmosphere the place individuals are going to observe their again. And it is actually vital to say that as a result of folks fail to know everywhere in the world how beneficiant different individuals are," he informed Euronews.
One other much less stunning outcome from the report was Finland taking the highest spot because the happiest nation on the planet – for the fifth yr in a row. And this yr they scored considerably larger than the opposite nations within the high ten. Denmark continues to occupy second place, with Iceland third and Switzerland fourth.
Past confirming the fabled Nordic happiness, the findings of the report additionally reveal what makes up a cheerful society.
Scientists discovered that the formulation consists of state establishments that aren't corrupt and are capable of ship what they promise, and are beneficiant in caring for their residents. Robust cultural initiatives that construct a way of neighborhood and unity among the many residents had been additionally proven to be vital.
The report additionally concluded that 60-70 per cent of the distinction in happiness between folks is attributable to environmental elements, whereas 30-40 per cent is influenced by genetics. These findings affirm that there’s rather a lot our governments can do to make us happier – and many we will do ourselves.
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