Health and Healthcare
What are zoonotic diseases - and how dangerous are they?
It’s estimated that 60% of known infectious diseases and up to 75% of new or emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic in origin.
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El cambio climático
Is fungi the most underused resource in the fight against climate change?
Picture a group of “climate change warriors”, massing together in a battle to save the planet. Did you imagine a line of mushrooms? Well, maybe you should have, according to scientists at...
Innovación
4 award-winning young inventors who are changing the world
Inventors and their inventions have constantly changed the way we live. An inventor in China gave us the compass for navigation, another in Germany invented the printing press and several...
El Océano
¿Quieres salvar los arrecifes de coral del mundo? Escúchalos, dicen los científicos
Los arrecifes de coral son considerados como las "selvas tropicales de los mares", ya que proporcionan una parte importante de la biodiversidad de la Tierra. Según el Programa de las Naci...
El futuro de la energía
What progress is the EU making on ending its reliance on Russian energy?
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine over 100 days ago led to EU demands to dramatically cut the bloc’s use of Russian energy. But what has the European Union actually done since then?
Fuerza laboral y empleo
The Great Resignation is not over: A fifth of workers plan to quit in 2022
The Great Resignation, a term coined in May 2021, describes the record number of people leaving their jobs since the beginning of the pandemic. After an extended period of working from ho...
Economía Circular
5 unusual waste products that have been recycled into something new
The global waste problem is getting worse. The World Bank estimates that without urgent action, the amount of items discarded by humans will increase by 73% by 2050.
El cambio climático
Climate change is already altering everything, from fertility choices to insuring our homes
How is climate change affecting you?
El Océano
Want to save the world’s coral reefs? Just listen to them, say scientists
Coral reefs are regarded as the “rainforests of the seas”, providing a significant amount of Earth’s biodiversity. Around 32% of all named marine species live in and around coral reefs, a...
Fuerza laboral y empleo
The UK has begun the world’s biggest trial of the four-day work week. What are the pros and cons?
Is the four day work week a good idea, or is it unworkable for many industries – and even many people? The UK may soon find out, as it’s just started what’s being heralded as the biggest ...
Migración
More people are forcibly displaced than ever before. These are the 5 things refugees need to help them find safety
The number of people displaced by war, persecution or human rights abuses has increased every year over the past decade and is now at its highest since records began, according to the Uni...
Health and Healthcare
New technology can keep a damaged donor liver alive for days - is this a game-changer for organ transplants?
In 2020, there were an estimated 130,000 organ transplants worldwide. The kidney was the most transplanted organ, followed by the liver and the heart. The Americas, Europe and Western Pac...
El cambio climático
How climate change is causing an insurance crisis in Australia
A new report says that insurance will become increasingly unaffordable or unavailable in large parts of Australia due to worsening extreme weather events.
Bosques
This is everything you need to know about the Argan tree
Wild plants are used by more than a billion people across the world in a variety of beneficial ways. They are present in the food we eat, medicines we take and even cosmetic products. At ...
SDG 13: Climate Action
Bikes, veganism and tax - how one German city is helping the country reach net zero
In Germany’s south-west, a pretty university town near the Alps is showing the rest of the country how to go green.