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Big ships and long supply chains Looking for alternatives to Suez "It is certainly a very sensible move for Japanese companies to at least look into alternative routes, although they must remember that each of those will also have drawbacks," Yoshitsugu Hayashi, a professor of transportation policy and systems at Chubu University, told DW. According to Hayashi, there are three alternative routes that are available to link East Asia with Europe, while a fourth is under development. The first is a return to the journey around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, which was the route used befor...

Hundreds of bits of rocket, space stations and satellites have returned to Earth since the 1960s. They are often dumped at sea. How sustainable is that?

Most of us want lockdowns and restrictions to be over. But that doesn't mean going out into the world again will be easy. DW's Carla Bleiker asked mental health experts how to deal with post-pandemic anxiety.

COVID-19 Special: Pandemic impacting mental health 'Small steps' Everyone has been affected by the pandemic in some way and has had their sense of safety challenged. But not everyone has qualms about returning to doing things the old, pre-March-2020 way. "No two people will manage the coming back to the world at the same speed," Kahr said. "It's a bit like young people going out on dates," he continued. Some people are very confident, whereas others are petrified. "No two people will be approaching this from the same starting point." That's what Faulconbridge stresses as well. "You have to ma...

Uganda's coffee farmers hit green gold But they do point to existing knowledge about antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits from chemical compounds found in coffee, such as polyphenols — or flavonoids and non-flavonoids. Previous studies in Spain have shown what scientists call an "inverse association" between coffee and cardiovascular disease (CVD). An inverse association would mean that the more you drink coffee, the lower your risk of CVD. A recent study in Italy, write the Spanish researchers, also indicated a moderate consumption of 3 to 4 cups of coffee per day was associated with...