Sci-Tech

Pollution: art and science join up to raise awareness

Looking for that unique costume that will make heads turn at your Halloween party?

13 October 2016

Netherlands

Dutch government may legalise assisted suicide for those who have 'completed life'

The Dutch government has announced it intends to draft a law legalising assisted suicide for people who are not necessarily terminally ill, but who feel they have “completed…

13 October 2016

Economy

World Health Organisation urges high taxes on sugary drinks

A tax of at least 20 percent on sugary drinks is being called for by the World Health Organisation to fight the problem of obesity.

11 October 2016

France

France opens first supervised injection facility for drug addicts

France has opened its first supervised injection facility for drug users.

11 October 2016

Croatia

Croatian charity calender launched to help Down's syndrome children

A charity calender is being produced featuring Croatian actors, sporting stars, pop singers and TV personalities.

10 October 2016

World News

Fears for the health of Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej

The health of the king of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej is said to be 'unstable'

10 October 2016

Next Series

Replacing animal testing with cultured human cells

Animal testing raises sometimes violently passionate debate and opposition, but for medical research surely it is sadly unavoidable? Perhaps not for much longer if European scientists' research bears

10 October 2016

Next Series

Takeaway: Animal-free testing

Please don’t panic but these are mini human brains.

10 October 2016

Haiti

Haiti suffers upsurge in cholera in wake of Hurricane Matthew

Haiti sees an upsurge in cases of cholera in the wake of Hurricane Matthew as people struggle to find clean water.

10 October 2016

South Africa

Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 85 saying he wants 'assisted death'

The veteran anti-apartheid campaigner is backing assisted dying for terminally ill people, which is opposed by his own Anglican church.

7 October 2016

Sci-Tech

Giant 'vacuum cleaner' could fight pollution

When Daan Roosegaarde visited Beijing three years ago, all he could see from his window was smog.

5 October 2016

Sweden

The Nobel Prize for Medicine rewards autophagy study

Japanese Biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi has won the first Nobel Prize of the season for Medicine.

3 October 2016

Sci-Tech

Spider venom could save lives

A team of Irish researchers is conducting an unusual kind of experiment – they are examining the venom of some of the hundreds of species of spiders found in Ireland in the hope it may have medicinal…

3 October 2016

Sweden

Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel prize in medicine

The 2016 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology has been awarded to Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi for research in the field of Autophagy.

3 October 2016

Thailand

Thailand confirms first Zika-related microcephaly cases

Thailand has reported its first confirmed cases of Zika-related birth defects.

30 September 2016

World News

Green campaigners blame governments for 'unacceptable' air pollution deaths

A global study says 92 percent of people live in areas where air quality exceeds World Health Organisation (WHO) limits.

27 September 2016

Sci-Tech

3D printed cast could replace plaster

If you’ve ever had to wear a cast, you will be familiar with the discomfort of not being able to scratch that itch on your leg or arm.

21 September 2016

France

Former French President in hospital with lung infection

83-year-old former head of state Jacques Chirac "will remain in hospital for the next few days" according to his son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux.

18 September 2016

Belgium

17-year-old becomes first minor to die by euthanasia in Belgium

It is the first time rules adopted in Belgium in 2014 have been applied. They allow for the doctor-assisted deaths of minors with incurable conditions.

17 September 2016

USA

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee dies, 88

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee has died at the age of 88.

17 September 2016