Highlights

AI designs bespoke 3D-printed prosthetic eyes

Using an artificial intelligence model and 3D printer to create prosthetic eyes reduces the time required to make such implants, which could make them available to more people

27/02/2024 NewScientist

The Finnish miracle: how the country halved its suicide rate – and saved countless lives

“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

Out of the rabbit hole: new research shows people can change their minds about conspiracy theories

A new study has found no evidence that people’s beliefs in conspiracy theories increase over time. They can even change their minds – just not that often.

18/02/2024 The Conversation

Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution

Japanese scientists have created one of the world’s most unusual spacecraft – a tiny satellite that is made of timber.

17/02/2024 The Guardian

The hottest trend in U.S. cities? Changing zoning rules to allow more housing

As Americans struggle to find affordable housing, cities are realizing their own rules have made it too hard and expensive to build the homes they need. Now, some cities are trying to change that.

17/02/2024 NPR

Ebola vaccine cuts death rates in half — even if it's given after infection

Ebola is one of the most feared infectious diseases, with more than half of those infected dying. A vaccine has now been shown to cut that mortality rate in half.

15/02/2024 NPR

Rhinos are returned to a plateau in central Kenya, decades after poachers wiped them out

Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating as rhinos were returned to a grassy plateau that hasn’t seen them in decades

15/02/2024 The Independent

The real threat to gender-diverse children is the politicization of care issues like puberty blockers and detransition

On both sides of the transgender care debate, what is presented as ‘fact’ distorts real complexities of gender-affirming health care, leaving many in the dark about what is really at stake.

13/02/2024 The Conversation

New solar panel concept reduces payback time to five years

Researchers have calculated that a new renewable energy concept could reduce the payback period for solar panels to less than five years.

12/02/2024 The Independent

These improvements in aircraft design seek to reduce noise, decibel by decibel

Two European projects are investigating how to stop noise pollution from the aviation sector, which disrupts sleep and harms the health of people living near airports

12/02/2024 El País