How to Make Snake Venom Without Any Snakes
Lab-grown glands can now produce realistic cocktails of toxins, which could help address one of the world’s biggest and most neglected health crises.
23/01/2020 The Atlantic
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
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
March
The ozone layer is healing and redirecting wind flows around the globe
The hole in the ozone layer is starting to recover thanks to regulations banning ozone-depleting substances, and this is now leading to changes in Earth’s atmosphere
25/03/2020 NewScientist
How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero
They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars and generally made life harder for motorists. Now it appears the work is paying off.
16/03/2020 The Guardian
‘No-waste’ Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral future
The residents of a remote village on the Japanese island of Shikoku have spent almost two decades reusing, recycling and reducing, united behind a mission to end their dependence on incinerators and landfill as the world struggles to tackle the…
20/03/2020 The Guardian
April
Bored Russians Posted Silly Art Parodies. The World Has Joined In.
Frozen dumplings as skulls and A/C ducts as fashion accessories. A Facebook group for art re-enactors has gained 540,000 followers across the locked-down globe.
25/04/2020 New York Times
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
The Swedish Startup Cutting Down on Methane Emissions by Curbing Cow Burps
When people think environmentally damaging emissions, their minds often conjures up images of automobiles and smoke belching factories. However, a much more literal type of belching also has a major impact - the burps of cows.
03/06/2020 Reset.org
July
Sustainability goals and serendipity: the recipe for responsible leadership
What does it mean to be a responsible leader? From hackathons to fuckup nights, we explore some unlikely examples
07/07/2020 Positive News
August
This Cobalt-Free Battery Is Good for the Planet—and It Actually Works
Reducing the cobalt content in lithium-ion batteries is good for the environment, human rights, and maybe even the performance of the battery itself.
17/08/2020 Wired
September
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
'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
October
Girls from India’s villages ‘break gender barrier’ with football
A Football for Girls initiative in remote areas of Rajasthan is helping them break caste barriers and social taboos.
02/10/2020 Al Jazeera
November
UK’s first robot delivery vehicle completes landmark journey in London
Transporting medical supplies from pharmacy to care home shows how driverless vehicles could become common sight on UK streets
10/11/2020 The Independent
Climate heroes: the countries pioneering a green future
While the world must wait to see whether US president-elect Joe Biden can fulfil his election promise of a $2tn Green New Deal, nations elsewhere in the world are setting carbon-neutral targets and pushing ahead with mega-programmes to cut…
11/11/2020 The Guardian
December
‘I was in prison at 20 - and a music executive by 28’
As he faced jail, the life Niyah Smith had once dreamed of looked impossible. But then came a chance to turn his fortunes around.
13/12/2020 BBC
