Global Health
Stress can age your brain. Here's why
New research suggests that the number of stressful experiences we encounter can have consequences for the health of our brains.
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Economy
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Global Health
It's time to get positive about negativity. Here's why
Research suggests embracing negative emotions can make you feel better, while pressure to be positive can actually make you feel worse.
Science & Technology
This bioactive 'tissue paper' could regenerate organs
A new kind of bioactive “tissue paper” is made of materials derived from organs that are thin and flexible enough to fold into an origami bird.
Global Health
There's something special about this rice and it could be the answer to malnutrition
Researchers have developed a new rice variety that could help to reduce micronutrient malnutrition, or 'hidden hunger', which is widespread in developing countries.
Global Health
Matt Damon: We need to talk about toilets
The actor and activist is on a not-so-secret mission to end open defecation and improve sanitation in developing countries.
Mental Health
Why loneliness may be a greater public health hazard than obesity
Research shows loneliness could pose an even greater threat to public health than obesity.
Science & Technology
This mobile device can monitor child dehydration
A prototype mobile device shows promise for monitoring dehydration in children.
Neuroscience
Removing iron 'rust' from our brains could prevent Alzheimer’s
New research suggests cleaning out “rust” from the brain could be a way to slow and even prevent Alzheimer’s.
Africa
Why human milk banks could be the answer to protecting vulnerable infants
Access to human milk banks gives vulnerable infants without access to their mother’s milk a healthy start to life.
Africa
This outbreak of Ebola was contained. What went right this time?
The World Health Organisation recently declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Global Health
Here's what China can teach the US about clean air
Every year, more than four million people around the world die prematurely from breathing dirty air.
Mental Health
How AI can spot Alzheimer’s disease five years before diagnosis
Could artificial intelligence reverse two decades of failed experimental therapies for Alzheimer’s disease?
Science & Technology
This myth about antibiotics needs busting
New research on antibiotic resistance is dividing experts.
Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle
Is this Japanese concept the secret to a long, happy, meaningful life?
Finding your everyday reason for living, or ikigai, could lead to a longer and better life.
Global Health
Most men in the US and Europe could be infertile by 2060
A huge drop in men’s sperm levels has been confirmed by new stud