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.
‘After two brain surgeries and further radiotherapy, niraparib has given me another lease of life,’ says woman
15/01/2021 The Independent
In the second part of our series exploring how President Biden’s idea for a nationwide Civilian Climate Corps might work, Louise Boyle looks at an urban farm in Baltimore helping to feed low-income communities and building resilience in the face of…
23/02/2021 The Independent
While many businesses ground to a halt at the start of the pandemic, the market for disposable packaging was forecast to grow by 5.5% as the demand for single-use plastics soared. Before COVID-19, the market was already projected to grow by 4% a…
16/02/2021 The Conversation
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Our electronic devices take a serious environmental toll, and one of the best ways to mitigate that is to use them for as long as possible before replacing them.
20/02/2021 Wired
Peanut butter and jelly. Hall & Oates. Now there’s a duo that could literally and figuratively be even more powerful: solar panels and canals.
19/03/2021 Wired
Scientists at a leading global grains research institute expect to sharply ramp up new wheat varieties enriched with zinc that can boost the essential mineral for millions of poor people with deficient diets, the institute's head told Reuters.
15/04/2021 Reuters
Scientists have developed what they claim is the whitest ever paint as a way to tackle global warming by reducing the need for air conditioning. Engineers at Purdue University say said it reflects up to 98.1 per cent of sunlight – up from 95.
15/04/2021 The Independent
The year was 1998 when Joel Blankson encountered a patient he would never forget. Blankson was working in the HIV clinic at John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, when an HIV-positive woman in her mid-40s arrived for some routine tests.
04/04/2021 The Guardian
The psychedelic drug MDMA, also called ecstasy or Molly, showed promise in a late-stage clinical trial for people with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), inching the drug closer to medical approval for the condition, The New York Times…
05/05/2021 LiveScience
Would you drink carbonated beverages made with carbon dioxide captured from the smokestack of a factory or power plant? How would you feel if that captured carbon dioxide were in your child’s toys, or in the concrete under your house?
14/05/2021 The Conversation
Plastic bottles have been converted into vanilla flavouring using genetically engineered bacteria, the first time a valuable chemical has been brewed from waste plastic.
15/06/2021 The Guardian
About 70% of Earth's surface is covered in water, and researchers are trying to map every last inch of it.
23/06/2021 LiveScience
The activist hedge fund behind ExxonMobil’s boardroom coup last week has claimed another seat from the oil giant’s board, to take the number of new directors who will push for climate action from within the company to three.
04/06/2021 The Guardian
The latest in “electronic medicine” offers an alternative to temporary pacemakers and could help reduce tissue scarring.
16/07/2021 Wired
Millions of workers stand to benefit from new jobs in the solar industry. But experts still see challenges that could overshadow this golden opportunity
12/07/2021 Deutsche Welle
Americans will eat about 2bn chicken nuggets this year, give or take a few hundred million. This deep-fried staple is a way of profiting off the bits that are left after the breast, legs and wings are lopped off the 9 billion or so factory-farmed…
29/07/2021 The Guardian
Is there a greener way to honor those who have died? Humans have caused unprecedented and irreversible changes to the climate in our time on Earth – pollution that continues even in death. But, across the US, some are posing an alternative: human…
12/08/2021 The Guardian
To fans of JK Rowling’s books, the story may sound somewhat familiar: a young boy living in difficult circumstances is enrolled in a mysterious school far from home, where his life is changed for ever by the transformative power of magic.
17/09/2021 The Guardian
The toy company says it will work to make its products and marketing more inclusive, citing new research into how kids and parents gender creativity.
12/10/2021 NPR
A new hotline in Bogotá takes calls from men struggling with jealousy, control and fear — and challenges long-held assumptions about masculinity.
18/10/2021 New York Times
The largest naturally lit vertical farm in Britain has begun harvesting and the creators plan to build 40 more. It looks nothing like a traditional farm, with bright white towers of leafy green vegetables stacked as high as the eye can see.
18/10/2021 The Guardian
The world as we knew it is coming to an end, and it’s up to us how it ends and what comes after. It’s the end of the age of fossil fuel, but if the fossil-fuel corporations have their way the ending will be delayed as long as possible, with as…
18/11/2021 The Guardian
A “charismatic little fish” declared extinct in the wild has been reintroduced to its native Mexico after being bred in an aquarium at Chester zoo.
29/12/2021 The Guardian
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