How safe is the US food supply?
[ad_1] Produce has been the source of many foodborne illness outbreaks in the US this year The Image Party/Shutterstock Apple sauce containing lead. Onions carrying
The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death
[ad_1] The severed pig’s head had come from the local abattoir. It would have typically been discarded, but Zvonimir Vrselja, a neuroscientist at Yale School
Forest schools don’t actually boost most children’s mental health
[ad_1] Children in Quebec, Canada, taking part in the Open Sky School programme Nathanael Corre/École à Ciel Ouvert Forest schools, where students spend some of
Salt batteries are finally shaping up – that’s good for the planet
[ad_1] Sodium-ion batteries could have advantages over those containing lithium Juan Roballo/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our climate newsletter Fix the Planet. Find
What will it take to solve our planet’s plastic pollution crisis?
[ad_1] Plastic waste in Indonesia PA Images / Alamy The world currently produces more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and
This startup is removing carbon from a polluted New York City river
[ad_1] New York City’s East river is polluted and contains higher than average levels of carbon dioxide Ed Rooney/Alamy On 14 November, I toured a
Older people may have better immunity against bird flu virus
[ad_1] The H5N1 bird flu virus has caused sporadic cases in humans Luca Bruno/Associated Press/Alamy If the H5N1 bird flu virus sparks a pandemic, older
How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training
[ad_1] “Oreo was my best friend growing up,” says Brian Hare. If Hare wanted to hone his baseball pitching skills, his Labrador enthusiastically took on
Anger over COP29 finance deal threatens progress on carbon cuts
[ad_1] COP President Mukhtar Babayev (second from right) applauds the end of the climate summit Sean Gallup/Getty Images After a long and fraught night of
Why gene editors want to treat fetuses when they are still in the womb
[ad_1] Gene editing could be more effective before birth Leigh Prather/Alamy Doing CRISPR gene editing while fetuses are in the womb could make it easier