Wolfgang Buttress, making live music with the sounds of bees
Live music improvised on the buzz streamed from a beehive. Wolfgang Buttress, creator of The Hive at the UK pavilion at Expo Milano 2015, tells us about his idea.
Live music improvised on the buzz streamed from a beehive. Wolfgang Buttress, creator of The Hive at the UK pavilion at Expo Milano 2015, tells us about his idea.
La Giornata mondiale dell’alimentazione 2016 è dedicata al terribile impatto dei cambiamenti climatici sulla nostra sicurezza alimentare.
This happened in South Carolina, where millions of bees have died due to massive use of an insecticide used against mosquitoes.
The connection between pesticides and massive die-offs of bees has been confirmed. “Our results show that neonicotinoids are harmful to wild bees”.
La moria delle api è anche un problema finanziario che potrebbe colpire a cascata i profitti di innumerevoli industrie e, quindi, i loro investitori.
Quechers is a method that allows to detecting pesticide residues in food. With this system, it was possible to do a screening test on over 200 different types of pesticides to which bees are exposed, and on their interaction.
Plants make human life on Earth possible, and now thanks to plant neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso we also know they are intelligent beings.
The Zika virus is spreading explosively through Latin America and beyond. What it is, where it comes from, how it proliferates and what is being done to fight it.
La sopravvivenza della nostra specie è legata a quella di piante e animali che rischiano di scomparire a causa del nostro impatto. Ecco quelle da proteggere a tutti i costi.
We long for summer, hot temperatures, holidays, dinners outside with friends. During good weather, however, mosquitoes and other insects come and bother us with their bites.