SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Available for over a yearAccording to the World Health Organisation, around 1 in 5 people will develop cancer during the course of their lifetimes. We usually associate the disease with getting older - but doctors are warning that some...

CAR T-cell therapy, when someone’s immune cells are genetically engineered to kill cancer cells, is highly effective for treating...

Hum by Helen Phillips, the story of a mother’s struggle to protect and nurture her small family in a...

The land is always changing, sometimes by human hands: cities are built, farms expanded, and forests logged. Other changes lie mostly outside people’s control: wildfires burn through communities, and hurricanes reshape coastlines. For most of the past four decades,...

In the 1800s, Hartford, Connecticut, picked up the nickname, "The Insurance Capital of the World." Tony Dokoupil visits the city to ask people about rising insurance and healthcare costs. Source link

With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers that will alert firefighters when heat from a nearby fire reaches a dangerous level. The sensors also provide researchers...

I'm a big believer in holding on to your tech for as long as possible, but at a certain point, you do need...

Aiming to transition away from fossil fuels and avert the worst consequences of climate change, world leaders...

Traditional ballet with tutus and pointe shoes is my preferred night at the theatre, but I enjoyed a contemporary...

The phrase “survival of the fittest” is so closely associated with Darwinism that many people assume Charles Darwin himself...