www.ntv.co.ke The country loses at least 47 billion shillings annually as a result of trade in counterfeit goods. A report on organized crime also indicates that endemic corruption is biggest hindrance to tackling organized crime. The report titled “Termites at Work Organized Crime and State Erosion in Kenya lists drug trafficking, trade in counterfeit goods, trafficking in wildlife products, human trafficking, money laundering and trafficking in small arms as the types of organized crime prevalent in Kenya. The report by the International Peace Institute and the Africa Center for Open Governance calls for institutional and policy change as a start to tackling organized crime.
Four young numbats bask, play and interact at the entrance of their home burrow. Their mother has left them while she is out all day feeding on termites. At this stage they are still suckling but over then next few weeks will learn to find and dig up termites for themselves. www.dec.wa.gov.au numbat.org.au
Please Subscribe To The WhyEvolutionIsTrue Youtube Channel. www.youtube.com BBC Documentary List: tinyurl.com NatureTech Episode List: tinyurl.com Broadcast (2006) Lifepower : Nature has to be efficient in the way it processes information and uses energy so when scientists began to look at nature with biomimetic eyes, it’s not surprising that they started to see entirely new visions for our future. Nature’s power stations are everywhere — in the form of leaves. They run on sunlight and their main waste product is oxygen. Now scientists have succeeded in building an artificial leaf, which could produce hydrogen — the fuel of the future — powered by nothing but sunlight. And when we park out new non-polluting cars at home or work, what will the buildings be like? For that, scientists are looking at prairie dogs and termites. In Namibia we watch scientists laboriously fill a 3 metre high termite mound with latex, then, under the burning sun, shave away a few millimetres of the mound at a time and photograph it. The end result is the first ever complete 3D model of a termite mound, and it reveals some remarkable stories of how the termites control temperature, carbon dioxide and humidity in the nest. Understanding this, there’s no reason why we can’t build our own tower blocks on the same principles. NatureTech, a multi-award-winning series, explores “biomimetics” – the science of looking to nature for answers to modern problems. Why are blossoms never dirty and can we …
Please Subscribe To The WhyEvolutionIsTrue Youtube Channel. www.youtube.com BBC Documentary List: tinyurl.com NatureTech Episode List: tinyurl.com Broadcast (2006) Lifepower : Nature has to be efficient in the way it processes information and uses energy so when scientists began to look at nature with biomimetic eyes, it’s not surprising that they started to see entirely new visions for our future. Nature’s power stations are everywhere — in the form of leaves. They run on sunlight and their main waste product is oxygen. Now scientists have succeeded in building an artificial leaf, which could produce hydrogen — the fuel of the future — powered by nothing but sunlight. And when we park out new non-polluting cars at home or work, what will the buildings be like? For that, scientists are looking at prairie dogs and termites. In Namibia we watch scientists laboriously fill a 3 metre high termite mound with latex, then, under the burning sun, shave away a few millimetres of the mound at a time and photograph it. The end result is the first ever complete 3D model of a termite mound, and it reveals some remarkable stories of how the termites control temperature, carbon dioxide and humidity in the nest. Understanding this, there’s no reason why we can’t build our own tower blocks on the same principles. NatureTech, a multi-award-winning series, explores “biomimetics” – the science of looking to nature for answers to modern problems. Why are blossoms never dirty and can we …
Please Subscribe To The WhyEvolutionIsTrue Youtube Channel. www.youtube.com BBC Documentary List: tinyurl.com NatureTech Episode List: tinyurl.com Broadcast (2006) Lifepower : Nature has to be efficient in the way it processes information and uses energy so when scientists began to look at nature with biomimetic eyes, it’s not surprising that they started to see entirely new visions for our future. Nature’s power stations are everywhere — in the form of leaves. They run on sunlight and their main waste product is oxygen. Now scientists have succeeded in building an artificial leaf, which could produce hydrogen — the fuel of the future — powered by nothing but sunlight. And when we park out new non-polluting cars at home or work, what will the buildings be like? For that, scientists are looking at prairie dogs and termites. In Namibia we watch scientists laboriously fill a 3 metre high termite mound with latex, then, under the burning sun, shave away a few millimetres of the mound at a time and photograph it. The end result is the first ever complete 3D model of a termite mound, and it reveals some remarkable stories of how the termites control temperature, carbon dioxide and humidity in the nest. Understanding this, there’s no reason why we can’t build our own tower blocks on the same principles. NatureTech, a multi-award-winning series, explores “biomimetics” – the science of looking to nature for answers to modern problems. Why are blossoms never dirty and can we …
Please Subscribe To The WhyEvolutionIsTrue Youtube Channel. www.youtube.com BBC Documentary List: tinyurl.com NatureTech Episode List: tinyurl.com Broadcast (2006) Lifepower : Nature has to be efficient in the way it processes information and uses energy so when scientists began to look at nature with biomimetic eyes, it’s not surprising that they started to see entirely new visions for our future. Nature’s power stations are everywhere — in the form of leaves. They run on sunlight and their main waste product is oxygen. Now scientists have succeeded in building an artificial leaf, which could produce hydrogen — the fuel of the future — powered by nothing but sunlight. And when we park out new non-polluting cars at home or work, what will the buildings be like? For that, scientists are looking at prairie dogs and termites. In Namibia we watch scientists laboriously fill a 3 metre high termite mound with latex, then, under the burning sun, shave away a few millimetres of the mound at a time and photograph it. The end result is the first ever complete 3D model of a termite mound, and it reveals some remarkable stories of how the termites control temperature, carbon dioxide and humidity in the nest. Understanding this, there’s no reason why we can’t build our own tower blocks on the same principles. NatureTech, a multi-award-winning series, explores “biomimetics” – the science of looking to nature for answers to modern problems. Why are blossoms never dirty and can we …
Scientists believe they have solved the mystery of why some chimpanzees are so good at catching termites. A team working in the Republic of Congo discovered that the chimps are crafting brush-tipped “fishing rods” to scoop the insects out of their nests. They filmed the wild primates using their teeth to fashion the tools. Writing in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, the researchers said the probes’ frayed ends helped the chimpanzees to collect more termites. Lead researcher Crickette Sanz, from the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, said: “They have invented a way to improve their termite-fishing technique.” Previous studies have suggested that wild chimpanzees use brush-tipped tools to fish for termites. But until now it has been unclear whether this was a specially crafted design feature or whether the frayed edges were a by-product of repeated tool use. Using remote cameras to film the chimps as they sought out their insect snacks, the team was able to find an answer. Dr Sanz told the BBC: “We found that in the Goualougo Triangle in the Republic of Congo, the chimpanzees were modifying their termite-fishing tools with a special brush tip.” To make their rods, the chimps first picked some stems from the Marantaceae plant and plucked off the leaves. “They then pulled the herb stems through their teeth, which were partially closed, to make the brush and they also attended to the brush by sometimes pulling apart the fibres to …
www.earth-touch.com The Earth-Touch crew films all kinds of water birds in the Okavango Delta – including one that ‘walks’ on water. We’ve also got other winged animals in this HD video – check out African bees up close and follow a long procession of termites!
www.earth-touch.com Danger takes the form of a wolf spider in our latest HD video! Engrossed in their frenetic housekeeping, harvester termites become easy prey for the hungry spider — until the animal finds itself in a bit of a ‘tight spot’.
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