Pill with tiny needle for painless injections passes first human trial
A pill with a tiny needle that painlessly injects drugs directly into the intestine could replace conventional injections
30/01/2020 NewScientist
2020
Best News of 2020
Despite the ongoing pandemic good things happen every month. Hence in the tradition of the year in review we like to remind you of three randomly selected news articles of each month.
January
Climate-friendly heating: How to stay warm without fossil fuels
Many countries have heating systems that still run on coal, oil and gas. But relying on these fossil fuels to keep us warm through winter adds to CO2 emissions. So what are some of the climate-friendly alternatives?
22/01/2020 Deutsche Welle
February
Antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered through AI
A powerful antibiotic that kills some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria in the world has been discovered using artificial intelligence.
20/02/2020 The Guardian
Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet
People used to think the crowdsourced encyclopedia represented all that was wrong with the web. Now it's a beacon of so much that's right.
17/02/2020 Wired
Masakhane: Using AI to Bring African Languages Into the Global Conversation
Researchers from across the continent are collaborating on an open source AI project to develop machine translation for African languages – facilitating communication, increasing accessibility and opening doors to the world’s youngest continent to…
06/02/2020 Reset.org
March
The ‘London Patient,’ Cured of H.I.V., Reveals His Identity
Adam Castillejo endured a decade of grueling treatments and moments of despair to become only the second person to be cured of H.I.V. Now, he says, “I want to be an ambassador of hope.”
09/03/2020 New York Times
April
First wild stork chicks to hatch in UK in centuries poised to emerge
The first wild stork chicks to hatch in Britain for centuries are expected to emerge next month after three pairs of the huge white birds built nests in West Sussex.
26/04/2020 The Guardian
May
Coronavirus: Running a campaign from home in lockdown
Campaigners are not letting restrictions hold them back in fighting for what they believe in.
20/05/2020 BBC
June
'My land is now owned by lions': Maasai farmers offer Kenya's wildlife a lifeline
Parsaloi Kupai’s home, situated on the edge of Ol Kinyei conservancy near the Maasai Mara game reserve, is no different from any other Maasai homestead – oval-shaped huts with an almost flat roof and walls plastered with a mixture of water, mud…
24/06/2020 The Guardian
July
Bouncing forward: what does a society that takes care of everyone look like?
The pandemic has brought ideas such as universal basic income into the mainstream, but how might they work in practice?
27/07/2020 Positive News
How Harvard’s Star Computer-Science Professor Built a Distance-Learning Empire
Eren Orbey on how Harvard’s David Malan has worked to perfect online teaching, and what lessons his introductory course, CS50, might hold for the future of higher education, both during and after the coronavirus pandemic.
21/07/2020 The New Yorker
August
Getting ahead isn't a nasty business, US study reveals
The question has puzzled humans from the earliest philosophers to the ranks of home workers who have swapped water cooler gossip for rants on Zoom: does being a jerk help people get to the top?
31/08/2020 The Guardian
September
LivingPANELS: New Green Wall Technology to Tackle the Heat Island Effect
A new type of "green wall" with a modular, simple to install design, a fully automatic irrigation system and much more - this is the result of a new European research project, and a promising step forward in much-needed urban adaptation to the…
22/09/2020 Reset.org
In pandemic, Nigerian teacher can ‘teach the whole world’
A teacher from a Lagos public school is helping students across the country, and internationally, learn math virtually during coronavirus restrictions that have prevented most children from returning to class in Nigeria
07/09/2020 Washington Post
October
SkyTruth: Using the Power of Satellites to Hold Oil, Fracking and Fishing Companies to Account
With a focus on oil spills, natural gas fracking and illegal fishing networks, SkyTruth’s work empowers NGOs and members of the public to become watchdogs with a bird’s eye view.
26/10/2020 Reset.org
November
The rise of citizen science: can the public help solve our biggest problems?
It is hard not to feel a thrill of excitement when you land on the Galaxy Zoo homepage and read the words “Few have witnessed what you’re about to see” looming out of a star-strewn black background.
16/11/2020 The Guardian
The Weekly Planet: A Startup’s Unusual Plan to Suck Carbon Out of the Sky
Updated at 2:25 p.m. ET on December 1, 2020. Every Tuesday morning, our lead climate reporter brings you the big ideas, expert analysis, and vital guidance that will help you flourish on a changing planet. Sign up to get The Weekly Planet, our guide…
25/11/2020 The Atlantic
Brighton: How Britain’s most sustainable city for food is setting a thriving example for the rest of us
Exclusive: Brighton has won the first gold Sustainable Food City award – with its pay-as-you-feel cafes, cooking classes for teenagers and a zero-waste community pub on a working-class estate
29/11/2020 The Independent
December
'Time' Names Its Kid Of The Year: Water-Testing Scientist Gitanjali Rao
Rao, a Colorado teenager who has won praise for her innovation in detecting lead levels in water, said, "I really want to put out that message: If I can do it, you can do it, and anyone can do it."
03/12/2020 NPR
Experimental brain implants in monkeys offer hope for restoring vision in blind people
Scientists are a step closer to restoring the sight of blind people using brain implants, researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience said, after a series of successful experiments on monkeys.
03/12/2020 CNN
