Tag Archives : British Empire

It’s amazing how in the XXI century things that should be part of the past insisted on staying for disturbing the peace and tranquility of people’s lives. Racism is one of the worst legacies of the colonial past, where empires have arisen due to the practice of slavery, especially in the Americas. However, the settlers were Europeans, specially [...]

Interfere with the sex life of mosquitoes help stop the spread of malaria, according to a British study released on Thursday (24). A study about the mosquito from the species Anopheles gambiae – essentially vector of malaria transmission in Africa – has shown that due to the fact that these mosquitoes mate only once in their life cycle, [...]

Their reputation of being man-eating ferocious animals precedes them most of the time, making them tourist-drawing museum pieces. However, the famed Kenyan duo of man-eating lions may not really be that human-hungry. The infamous Tsavo lions credited with 135 kills ate just 35 humans, making them not as ravenous as legend creates them to be. The Tsavo [...]