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Agriculture
The costs of invasive species
The damage from invasive species costs ten times more than prevention, says a study. Losses, summing up to trillions of dollars, hit agriculture, forestry,...
Animals and wildlife
Robot ‘safely’ extracts scorpion venom
An innovation patented Moroccan researchers takes the danger out of scorpion venom extraction as a robot uses a ‘harmless’ electric charge to extract scorpion...
News
Affordable analysis of genomes ‘key to tackling diseases’
Affordable genomic analysis is key to tackling infectious diseases. A project is aiding resource-limited scientists to analyse the genetic material of deadly microbes, enabling...
Climate change
Meeting climate goals won’t save corals: Study
A new study says that areas in the seas that are considered safe for corals to survive global warming may vanish even if Paris...
Health
Dementia cases ‘set to almost triple by 2050’: study
A study published 6 January in The Lancet Public Health says the increase in dementia is largely due to population growth and ageing. Predicting...
Civil society
WHO funding model ‘left world ill-prepared’ for COVID
Two letters, both signed by global health leaders and non-profits have called on the WHO leadership to review its funding strategy. The signatories have...
Children
Child asthma cases linked to cities’ dirty air
A study published in this month's issue of The Lancet Planertary Health says that nitrogen dioxide pollution is the cause of 1.85 million child asthma...
COVID-19
Micro-estimates of wealth data ‘can help tackle poverty’
Around 97 million people were pushed into extreme poverty in 2021. Now, researchers at the University of California and the Data for Good programme...
Must read
Over 300 Dead as Floods Batter Afghanistan
Taliban authorities sent helicopters to try to assist civilians...
Exploration of Women Farmer Collectives: Gender Dynamics and Socioeconomic Realities
In the quest to fathom the lives of women...
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