Science against the clock

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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

Using fun elements such as challenges, goals and rewards, games are playing a significant role in learning, lifestyle management and disease awareness.

The battle to reduce road deaths

In the move to a more sustainable and safer future, tackling road accident injuries and fatalities will require a more concerted effort.

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Cyber scams are rising globally, targeting the vulnerable, especially youth. Understanding tactics and regional efforts is key to a safer cyberspace.

Future food depends on the cutting edge

As climate change enters uncharted territory, we will need all the skills of the past, and some from the future, to keep feeding the world.

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Obese and malnourished: the food future we face

Our world is not suffering from a lack of calories, but a lack of good nutrition which can sustain us. Science might just have the answers.

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Preparing for a world with Alzheimer’s treatment

As Alzheimer’s cases grow, scientists have been deep in debate over its causes. Now treatments are on the horizon, the new race is to ready the health system.

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Increase in diabetes numbers hides a ray of hope

Reports of a diabetes tsunami are hiding a key part of the picture. There’s a good reason the numbers are increasing.

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Bat scan could insure against future pandemics

Even mismatched vaccines could confer some immunity against related coronaviruses. To prepare for the next pandemic, the world could build a vaccine library.

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Chart: Mismanaged plastic waste

Hospitals, masks and test kits all produce plastic waste. Only a small part of it is recycled.

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There are no ‘natural disasters’

A weather-related disaster doesn’t need to be. By addressing the vulnerability of a society, the worst of it can be avoided.

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Science against the clock

Exploring the challenges of our time where scientists are racing against the problems reaching a point of no-return.

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The ecological crisis in the Arctic Ocean

Sea ice holds the key to understanding the entire Arctic marine ecosystem. But it’s melting faster than we can unravel its complexity.

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Cities can be safe havens for endangered plants and animals

Creating better connections between humans and nature is the first step to bringing back animals into our cities.

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Asia’s largest cities lack water security

Urban water security in Asian cities is in decline, forcing them to find new ways to manage this prescious resource.

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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

The battle to reduce road deaths

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Future food depends on the cutting edge

Preparing for a world with Alzheimer’s treatment

Increase in diabetes numbers hides a ray of hope

Bat scan could insure against future pandemics

Chart: Mismanaged plastic waste

There are no ‘natural disasters’

The ecological crisis in the Arctic Ocean

Cities can be safe havens for endangered plants and animals

Asia’s largest cities lack water security

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