Category:SHEQ Sound Off
Global warming: Not as bad as we thought?
Global warming has gained a bad rap, as it is causing the polar ice caps to melt and sea levels to rise. It is...
Qwerty quality
A Microsoft study discovered that the average human attention span decreased from 12 seconds in 2000 to eight seconds in 2013 – that’s one...
Pre-assembled or to build your own?
Battery-powered electric vehicles are now commonplace around the world. While some are being produced from scratch, it is also possible to convert your fossil-fuel...
Retention is better than cure
The days when people expected to spend 30 to 50 years with one company are long gone. Younger generations are job hopping more than...
Renewable, yes – but is it environmentally friendly?
Alternative energy sources, like wind power, have long been branded “green” solutions as the world seeks new ways to keep everything going. These aren’t...
Is increased greenhouse gas a dire situation? Well, not in Africa – 14 700 years ago!
New research has found that, thousands of years ago, an increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations was a key factor in causing substantially more...
Put that in your pipe and smoke it?
In the previous edition, assistant editor Gavin Myers wrote about substance abuse; how to screen for it and what to do if you find...
Plight of the broken link
The internet is an endlessly rich world of sites, pages and posts – until it all ends with a click and a “404 not...
Friendly fire?
When thinking of the challenges found in developing countries, unsanitary drinking water, malnutrition and HIV/Aids are probably top of mind – but there is...
E is for energy, as in pCell technology …. Wait! What?
You might be thinking: “Yip, it’s happened; this journo has lost his marbles/piglets” – or whatever other noun is used to describe the corrosion...