The Fractured Future of Browser Privacy
Better anti-tracking measures have become the norm for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and other modern browsers. But they still disagree on how exactly they should work.
30/01/2020 Wired
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
Breakthrough discovery could lead to 'one-size-fits-all' cancer treatment
New type of T-Cells can recognise and kill most types of cancer
20/01/2020 The Independent
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
Do you have it in green? The living fabrics that can help clean the air
Mushroom, pineapple and algae: it sounds like the topping for a rather unusual pizza.
08/02/2020 The Guardian
March
Coronavirus kindness: The people offering help as the virus spreads
Alongside the stories of stockpiling and panic buying, people are also helping others.
16/03/2020 BBC
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April
‘Hugely welcome’: Indian solar scheme a win for farmers and the environment
The initiative will put more money in the pockets of farmers and help reduce the country’s agricultural emissions
08/04/2020 Positive News
May
New solar cells extract more energy from sunshine
Solar Energy has had a good crisis. In many parts of the world skies clear of pollution have helped photovoltaic power stations, which convert light into electricity, become more productive and reliable. Declining demand, meanwhile, has seen coal-…
21/05/2020 Economist
June
'Ethnicity is authenticity': how America got addicted to racist branding
How do we make advertising and branding less racist? For Jason Chambers, an associate professor of advertising at the University of Illinois, this question has driven his life’s work.
28/06/2020 The Guardian
Three people with inherited diseases successfully treated with CRISPR
Two people with beta thalassaemia and one with sickle cell disease no longer need blood transfusions after their blood stem cells were gene edited and put back in their bodies
12/06/2020 NewScientist
'Food will be a by-product': the Irish farmers creating nature-friendly fields
Michael Davoren shudders when he thinks of the 1990s. He’d been in charge of his 80-hectare farm in the Burren, Co Clare, since the 1970s, and the place was in his blood. The Davorens had worked these hills for 400 years.
06/06/2020 The Guardian
July
Beavers born in Essex for 'first time since Middle Ages'
Over 400 years after they were hunted to extinction, species has been reintroduced in county to tackle flooding
02/07/2020 The Independent
August
Coating our gut walls with glue could treat lactose intolerance
A glue that coats the interior of the gut when swallowed can be enhanced with enzymes to treat lactose intolerance, tests in pigs show – and it could also help treat obesity
26/08/2020 NewScientist
Menstrual cups make your period easier. Why aren't they more popular?
A few years ago, I was having dinner with a group of girlfriends when one of them suddenly began raving about menstrual cups. A longtime devotee, she lit up describing how this one little product had changed her life.
31/08/2020 The Guardian
September
'It's like family':Swedish housing experiment designed to cure loneliness
Erik Ahlsten is unequivocal. “This is the best accommodation I’ve ever had” His friend and neighbour Manfred Bacharach is equally enthusiastic. “I really like this way of living,” he says. “It’s very much my cup of tea.
15/09/2020 The Guardian
Device to curb microplastic emissions wins James Dyson award
A device that captures microplastic particles from tyres as they are emitted – and could help reduce the devastating pollution they cause – has won its designers a James Dyson award.
17/09/2020 The Guardian
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
What if Local and Organic Is Better Than Networked and Global?
Helena Norberg-Hodge has been arguing for localism since the 1970s, but the pandemic is making the Australian activist-scholar’s ideas more relevant than ever.
09/10/2020 New York Times
The maps that show life is getting better
Maps are not just informative, they are empowering. They can help provide a new perspective to age-old problems. But maps are not necessarily fixed – they often need renewing. As Albert Einstein said, “You can’t use old maps to explore a new…
17/10/2020 The Guardian
November
Virgin Hyperloop pod transport tests first passenger journeys
The "sci-fi" travel concept involves travelling in pods inside vacuum tubes at very high speeds.
09/11/2020 BBC
December
Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease
Scientists are seeing promising early results from the first studies testing gene editing for painful, inherited blood disorders that plague millions worldwide, especially Black people
05/12/2020 The Independent
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
