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Is the pandemic resulting in remote burnout?
What’s happening? Junior employees in consulting, law or financial services are facing burnout at a worrying rate due to longer ...
Sara Trett
April 1, 2021
Visual impairment has been a blind spot during the pandemic; technology can address it
What’s happening? A retinal implant that can provide artificial vision to blind people has been developed by Ecole Polytechnique federale ...
Nicola Watts
March 11, 2021
Pollution is leading to ageing populations – how can urban environments respond?
What’s happening? Endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the environment are driving an increase in infertility, according to a book co-authored by Mount ...
Nicola Watts
March 5, 2021
Period poverty is still a thing – how can we address it?
What’s happening? Up to 85,000 Irish women and girls may be struggling to access period products, according to a government ...
Nicola Watts
March 5, 2021
Delivery driving in cities should be recognised as the dangerous job it is
What’s happening? Turkish firm Bizero is piloting delivery robots as a way of preventing delivery driver deaths. In Istanbul, 75 ...
Fred Fullerton
February 25, 2021
Who’s responsible for tackling obesity?
What’s happening? Type 2 diabetes drug semaglutide could be a potential “game-changer” in tackling obesity, a University College London study ...
Nicola Watts
February 19, 2021
Lockdowns or no lockdowns, city air pollution is still terrible
What’s happening? The average level of air pollution in cities worldwide is around four times higher than health-related maximum levels ...
Katie Chan
February 12, 2021
Coastal wetlands found to be important to wellbeing
What’s happening? A Flinders University study has discovered that tidal wetlands and protected coastal areas are important to personal wellbeing. ...
Nicola Watts
February 5, 2021