Doctors are hailing “off the chart” trial results that show a new drug stopped lung cancer advancing for longer than any other treatment in medical history. Lung cancer is the world’s leading cause of cancer death, accounting for about 1.8m deaths…
31/05/2024 The Guardian
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
The Central African Republic is the first country to receive thousands of doses of a new malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization last October.
24/05/2024 NPR
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed two new zoning bills into law, which could help reduce the state’s homeless population.
24/05/2024 The Conversation
It is possible to warm houses in winter using heat generated in summer. What storage technologies are available and how good are they? An overview of four methods.
24/05/2024 Deutsche Welle
Over the past decade, many more schools started to offer free meals to all children, regardless of family income.
21/05/2024 New York Times
In the U.S., surveys have shown that public trust in science dropped significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some scientists propose that holding science courts — where citizen juries listen to relevant topics debated in a courtroom setting —…
16/05/2024 Undark Magazine
All farmland in the Indian state of Sikkim, shown in these images, has been certified organic since 2016, and local authorities say the change is already improving wildlife populations and the area's arid soil
15/05/2024 NewScientist
Loaded with ever more renewables, the grid will need to store a whole lot of energy. Enter: a new kind of magic school bus—one that can both charge and give power back.
15/05/2024 Wired
A year after a massive seizure triggered his brain cancer diagnosis, top melanoma doctor Richard Scolyer remains cancer-free. The Australian has undergone a world-first, experimental treatment for glioblastoma, based on his own pioneering melanoma…
14/05/2024 BBC
Platelets help blood clot, but they have a short shelf life. With blood in short supply, synthetic platelets could help meet demand.
13/05/2024 Wired
Football shirts, sports event banners and uniforms are piled up ready to be pumped into a machine which melts them down for recycling ready to be made into new clothes. In a world first in Kettering, Northamptonshire, Project Re:claim is taking…
11/05/2024 The Guardian
Emblaveo has been developed by Pfizer, with the help of the EU and the United States, and is effective against some multidrug-resistant infections that have been untreatable until now
10/05/2024 El País
Organisms that produce synthetic fuel and suck carbon out of the air are just some of the possibilities of ‘engineering biology’ – if policymakers can shepherd the industry towards success.
09/05/2024 The Conversation
A clever approach to restoring Australia’s native oyster and mussel reefs in Queensland’s Moreton Bay is catching on, giving community groups a way to get involved in their local patch.
07/05/2024 The Conversation
It was once a gross industrial sewer. But decades of work has turned Merri Creek into a green ribbon in Melbourne’s north.
06/05/2024 The Conversation
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
A way forward to eating fish without damaging the oceans
03/05/2024 Positive News
A Belgian initiative with the motto “happiness overcomes old age” has found a novel way to counter feelings of loneliness among nursing home residents: unleashing them on to the dancefloor of Brussels’ largest nightclub.
02/05/2024 The Guardian
A hemp renaissance could transform the construction industry – this fast-growing crop sequesters or stores carbon and has multiple environmental benefits and practical applications.
01/05/2024 The Conversation
Dexter Melchor Matías works in the Zapotec Indigenous town of Ixtlán de Juárez, about 1,600ft (490 metres) above the wide Oaxaca valley in Mexico, where community forestry has become a way of life.
01/05/2024 The Guardian
