BBC Focus - 09.2019

DISCOVERIES

T H E T E R R I B L E T E E N S

AREN’T LIMITED TO HUMANS

As anybody who has lived through them can aest, the teenage years

can oen be a time of heightened impulsivity, sensation-seeking and

questionable choices. Now, researchers at the University of Pisburgh

have found that macaque monkeys go through a similarly diicult

period during puberty. These changes in the transition to adulthood are

likely to be essential for both humans and animals

to explore and gain new experiences, the researchers say.

YOUR GUIDE TO WHO’S SAYING

WHAT ABOUT THE HOTTEST TOPICS

Trending IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW

#WorldLizardDay

14 August marked this year’s World

Lizard Day – a global celebration of

all things lizardy.

Liam Russell

@liam_agilis

#WorldLizardDay #sandlizards

are found in 3 areas of the UK,

heathland in Surrey and Dorset and

sand dunes in Merseyside. Dune

animals dier in colour and paern.

ZSL London Zoo

@zsllondonzoo

Happy #WorldLizardDay from Ganas!

#DYK, Komodo dragons are the

largest living lizards in the world?

#WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeFacts

IOP Publishing

@IOPPublishing

Join us to celebrate #WorldLizardDay

with research exploring the adhesive

systems and load-sharing that occurs

in gecko toes in the journal

@BioinspBiomim by researchers

from @StanfordEng and @TU_

Muenchen (bit.ly/lizard_toes)

#Ebola

A cure for Ebola has been developed

by Prof Jean-Jacques Muyembe in

the Demographic Republic of Congo.

Sangwe, MD (The Rural Doctor)

@TheRuralDtor

Tomor r o w, le t ’s no t f or g e t t h a t

the cure for Ebola was made by an

African. Thank you!

Mimo

@mimoyd

African researchers and doctors

have been in the vanguard on Ebola

for a long time. They deserve far

more credit than they usually get

from outsiders.

KEEP IN TOUCH

@SCIENCEFOCUS

#GayPenguins

SkipperandPing,a pairofgayking

penguinsatBerlinZoo,havebeen

givenaneggtohatchaerit was

abandonedbytheonlyfemaleking

penguininthezoo.

Baldowines

@baldowines

Theycouldbehavingholidays

vacationinexoticplacesfortherest

oftheirlives;butno,theychooseto

beheteronormative.Nowtheyare

slavestilthatchickgoestocollege.

#gaypenguins

LGBTed

@LGBTedUK

Homosexuality exists in many

species, but homophobia exists

in only one. #FreedomToLive

#gaypenguins #lgbted

#Gretaunberg

Climate change activist Greta

Thunberg is heading across the

North Atlantic on a boat to aend a

climate change conference in

New York. The journey will take her

two weeks.

Masum Khwaja

@masumkhwaja

Greta is only 16 years old and she

has already achieved more in her

life to date than those ‘normal

adults’ abusing her online are

likely to achieve in their lifetimes.

#gretathunberg

Marwa

@marwaazelmat

The @GretaThunberg movement

should not only remind world

leaders of the climate crisis, but

it should also call upon enabling

spaces to other young women and

men from dierent backgrounds

and geographical confines.

#Climatechange does threaten

everyone’s survival.