How a Drug For Pets May Help Prevent Zika and Malaria
Diseases spread by pests like mosquitoes and fleas remain global health problems. To prevent transmission, public health strategy has largely focused on using insecticides or bed nets. Vaccines…
Long-Lasting Birth Control Is Already Hard to Get. Advocates Worry It May Only Get Worse
When Rachel, a 35-year-old from Colorado, learned four years ago that she was pregnant despite taking birth control pills, she wanted to make sure it didn’t happen again….
Scientists Are Using Sound To Unlock Our Planet’s Secrets
Waves crash. Tree branches vibrate. Mosquitoes hum. These phenomena take place every day but not everyone necessarily hears them. Indeed, some sounds happen in places that are hard…
NYC Schools to Close Again as COVID-19 Cases Rise
New York City schools will shut down on Thursday, shifting all students in the country’s largest school district to fully remote learning as coronavirus cases creep upward in…
Meet The Astronauts Picked For NASA’s Back-to-the-Moon Mission
Time was, there were 24 living astronauts who could boast of having visited the moon. The years and mortality have taken their toll, and half a century on,…
Don’t sweat it- how natural deodorant went mainstream in 2019
Justin Bieber was one of the biggest stars to back the trend, launching his own plant-based deodorant with Schmidt’s Naturals in November. Dubbed Here+Now, the baking soda-free deodorant…
Ahead of the Met Gala, camp fashion is on the rise, says Lyst
According to data from the global fashion search platform Lyst, searches for sequins, ruffles, feathers and glitter are up compared to the same time last year. The number…
Net-zero in fashion, but clothing giants struggle to cut emissions
With a chance to strut their climate commitments at COP27 talks, clothing brands and manufacturers discussed global warming — but some admitted that their pledge to halve emissions…
GN3RA metaverse for creators partners with Royal College of Art
This link-up, which is in collaboration with the RCA Fashion MA programme, “will offer bespoke digital creations by seven leading RCA fashion alumni for GN3RA creators to…
UK consumer spend- shoppers shun stores but spend more online, fashion suffers
It was the biggest decline since last April and saw expenditure in physical stores falling 1.6% at the height of the Christmas shopping season. However, e-commerce spending rose…