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.
Air pollution kills millions of people each year, especially in the world's biggest cities. But it can get better! Here's how megacities around the world are making their air cleaner and safer.
11/01/2024 Deutsche Welle
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The Yaque River basin restoration project has reduced soil degradation by 18%, although gentrification and climate change remain threats
02/02/2024 El País
“Now he’s died,” said his mother’s voice down the phone. Instantly, Jaakko Teittinen knew that what he had feared for years had happened: his older brother, Tuomas, had taken his own life. He was 33.
22/02/2024 The Guardian
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The Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain, is practicing an experimental neuromodulation technique to reduce symptoms of anxiety and obsession in the most stubborn cases
13/03/2024 El País
La Joyita prison, just outside Panama City, was notorious for being filthy, overcrowded and dangerous. It was known as the “stomach of the beast” for those confined within its walls. “We literally lived on top of rubbish,” says Franklin Ayón. “It…
07/03/2024 The Guardian
In Seville, 3,000-year-old underground technology is being transformed in modern day air-conditioning.
28/04/2024 Al Jazeera
For decades, nonprofits, health insurers and hospitals have been trying to solve the problem of the people who need the emergency room again and again. Here are some of the lessons they've learned.
03/05/2024 NPR
There are plenty of fanciful, far-out theories of how the whole of civilization emerged from drug use – like the theory that the consumption of proto-LSD in ancient Greek cults catalyzed modern philosophy; or the theory that various religious…
29/05/2024 The Guardian
An £8m prize for a breakthrough in the fight against superbugs has been awarded, after a decade-long search for a winner, to a test that can identify how to treat a urinary tract infection in 45 minutes.
12/06/2024 The Guardian
Special hydrogel could improve accessibility of essential drugs like insulin in places where cold storage infrastructure may be lacking
18/07/2024 The Independent
A man living with Parkinson's has said a new drug has transformed his life in a matter of days. Damien Gath, 52, has experienced years of daily involuntary shaking and pain caused by the neurological condition, which he said made everyday tasks a…
19/07/2024 BBC
Doctors have begun trialling the world’s first mRNA lung cancer vaccine in patients, as experts hailed its “groundbreaking” potential to save thousands of lives. Lung cancer is the world’s leading cause of cancer death, accounting for about 1.8m…
23/08/2024 The Guardian
Researchers have invented a solar-powered device capable of extracting several litres of water from thin air in a single day.
01/08/2024 The Independent
The months of September to May are an unfortunate season in South Africa: malaria season. The mosquito-borne disease is found in the north-eastern districts of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces. There are fewer malaria cases in South…
19/08/2024 The Conversation
More and more people are using this form of travel to get around the continent, using high-speed routes and a network of night trains that continues to expand. We traveled from Madrid to Prague and witnessed how the future of European transportation…
01/09/2024 El País
Erik and Lyle Menendez launched an ongoing beautification initiative in the prison where they are serving life sentences for the 1989 killings of their parents
26/10/2024 The Independent
Agrivoltaics, which pairs solar panels with farming, offers a path to decarbonise agriculture. But how do we make it work for crops and energy? A new tool may hold the answer.
17/10/2024 The Conversation
Faced with worsening climate-driven disasters and an electricity grid increasingly supplied by intermittent renewables, the US is rapidly installing huge batteries that are already starting to help prevent power blackouts.
24/10/2024 The Guardian
While there are plenty of patient perspectives on social media , resources from healthcare professionals are far fewer – and are often lower quality.
13/11/2024 The Conversation
With awareness of our carbon footprints growing all the time, some people striving to lead eco-friendly lives are turning their attention to what happens when they die. “I don’t want my last act on this planet to be a polluting act, if I can help…
15/12/2024 BBC
Mexico, Canada and now the UK are among those offering direct financial support to homeless people. The results are encouraging
09/12/2024 Positive News
Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine, the first such campaign in West Africa where a deadly outbreak 10 years ago resulted in the death of thousands.
05/12/2024 The Independent
