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Biotechnology
Over half your body isn't human
The inside and outside of our bodies are teeming with millions of micro-organisms that may play a beneficial role in human health.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
You're probably breathing unsafe air
A new study from the Health Effects Institute and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has used satellite images to show much of the world is breathing in pollution.
Global Health
Bill Gates and other global leaders have pledged $2.7 billion to fight malaria
A recent meeting resulted in a renewed effort to eradicate the disease.
Future of Economic Progress
Bill Gates has a new favourite book of all time
The book argues we should use logic to see what really matters, enjoy the fruits that living in the 21st century offers us, and use science and technology to make the world an even better...
Global Health
We're close to eradicating another disease. This is how we can do it
The fight to end polio is nearly won.
Global Health
Loneliness is a much more modern phenomenon than you might think
The breakdown of family and community structures contributes to internal feelings of isolation.
Future of Health and Healthcare
Global healthcare needs a revolution. This is how technology can help
Antiquated record-keeping in developing countries is preventing basic immunization from reaching many children – a gap technology could fill.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
Sweden has a plan to end all traffic accident deaths
The country has nearly halved fatalities as it aims for zero road deaths by 2050.
Global Health
This app could help Parkinson sufferers beat paralysis
Augmented reality provides patients with visual, audio and vibratory cues to help them overcome the symptom of "freezing".
Education and Skills
This is how yoga could relieve childhood anxiety
Research on a class of third graders in New Orleans showed that a session of yoga at the beginning of the day helped to relieve anxiety.
Global Health
How your dead microbes could improve public health
The microbes of dead people can provide scientists with insight on public health 48 hours after death.
Global Health
The secret to fighting antibiotic resistance is underneath our feet
Newly discovered antibiotics called malacidins could hold the key to fighting drug-resistant bacteria.
Global Health
These countries spend the most on healthcare. But do they get value for money?
As many as 800 million people worldwide spend up to 10% of their income on healthcare costs because they are not covered by universal health coverage.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
This Chinese hospital is putting its patients in the hands of AI
The Guangzhou Second Provincial Central Hospital has worked artificial intelligence into almost every area of its operations.
Future of Government
Even as birth rates decline overpopulation remains a global challenge
Family sizes are shrinking in most parts of the world, but a few countries still have very high fertility rates.