Two brothers are combining palliative care expertise, linguistics and AI to encourage more effective conversations between doctors and people receiving end-of-life care.
Why is it so hard to stop people dying from snakebite?
Around the world, thousands of people die every year from snakebite – and there’s not enough antivenom to go round. But even if we had the antivenom we needed, would people use it?
Around the world, thousands of people die every year from snakebite – and there’s not enough antivenom to go round. But even if we had the antivenom we needed, would people use it?
If a medicine is too expensive, should a hospital make its own?
When the price of an essential medicine rose to an unacceptable level, there was only one thing for pharmacist Marleen Kemper to do – start making it herself.
When the price of an essential medicine rose to an unacceptable level, there was only one thing for pharmacist Marleen Kemper to do – start making it herself.
Why Do Holes Horrify Me?
Trypophobia is the fear of clusters of holes and cracks. Its origin may be evolutionary but as awareness spreads online, is it becoming a social contagion?
Trypophobia is the fear of clusters of holes and cracks. Its origin may be evolutionary but as awareness spreads online, is it becoming a social contagion?
Scientists, Here’s How to Use Less Plastic
Meet the researchers making science more sustainable.
Meet the researchers making science more sustainable.
Urban Living Makes Us Miserable. This City Is Trying to Change That
Glasgow has become notorious for the kind of mental and physical ills that plague city dwellers everywhere. Is urban life itself harmful to humans – or can we rethink cities so that they can help us to thrive?
Glasgow has become notorious for the kind of mental and physical ills that plague city dwellers everywhere. Is urban life itself harmful to humans – or can we rethink cities so that they can help us to thrive?
Can Science Break Its Plastic Addiction?
Gloves, sample tubes, bottles and vials – the world’s labs produce millions of tonnes of waste each year. Alice Bell meets the scientists who are finding less polluting ways to work.
Gloves, sample tubes, bottles and vials – the world’s labs produce millions of tonnes of waste each year. Alice Bell meets the scientists who are finding less polluting ways to work.
How Going Hungry Affects Children for Their Whole Lives
Food poverty is on the rise in rich countries. And evidence suggests the impact can last for years afterwards.
Food poverty is on the rise in rich countries. And evidence suggests the impact can last for years afterwards.
How France Is Persuading Its Citizens to Get Vaccinated
One in three French people think vaccines are unsafe, but across the country vaccine coverage is rising. Alex Whiting looks at how France is fighting back against vaccine scepticism.
One in three French people think vaccines are unsafe, but across the country vaccine coverage is rising. Alex Whiting looks at how France is fighting back against vaccine scepticism.
If a Medicine Is Too Expensive, Should a Hospital Make Its Own?
When the price of an essential medicine rose to an unacceptable level, there was only one thing for pharmacist Marleen Kemper to do – start making it herself.
When the price of an essential medicine rose to an unacceptable level, there was only one thing for pharmacist Marleen Kemper to do – start making it herself.
How Big Data Is Changing Science
New biomedical techniques, like next-generation genome sequencing, are creating vast amounts of data and transforming the scientific landscape. They’re leading to unimaginable breakthroughs – but leaving researchers racing to keep up.
New biomedical techniques, like next-generation genome sequencing, are creating vast amounts of data and transforming the scientific landscape. They’re leading to unimaginable breakthroughs – but leaving researchers racing to keep up.
How Zimbabwe’s Friendship Bench Is Going Global
Since we reported on it last year, the popularity of the Friendship Bench project has soared. Anna Lewis caught up with Dixon Chibanda – the pioneer behind the work – to see how it’s spreading across the world.
Since we reported on it last year, the popularity of the Friendship Bench project has soared. Anna Lewis caught up with Dixon Chibanda – the pioneer behind the work – to see how it’s spreading across the world.
How Do You Leave a Warning That Lasts as Long as Nuclear Waste?
Burying radioactive waste is widely seen as the safest way to dispose of it. Researchers are exploring how we tell future generations about the decisions we make today.
Burying radioactive waste is widely seen as the safest way to dispose of it. Researchers are exploring how we tell future generations about the decisions we make today.
3D Printing Could Give You a Better Pill to Swallow
Meet the scientists using 3D printers to deliver safer, more effective tablets for children.
Meet the scientists using 3D printers to deliver safer, more effective tablets for children.
Why Is It so Hard to Stop People Dying From Snakebite?
Around the world, thousands of people die every year from snakebite – and there’s not enough antivenom to go round. But even if we had the antivenom we needed, would people use it?
Around the world, thousands of people die every year from snakebite – and there’s not enough antivenom to go round. But even if we had the antivenom we needed, would people use it?
Dead Man’s Sperm
What drives partners of men who have died to try and have their babies? Jenny Morber, on the legally and ethically fraught world of post-mortem sperm donation.
What drives partners of men who have died to try and have their babies? Jenny Morber, on the legally and ethically fraught world of post-mortem sperm donation.