Can air conditioning really make you sick? A microbiologist explains
Poorly maintained AC units can harbour numerous infectious microbes.
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More than a third of urban Chinese live in sinking cities – here’s what they can do
Cities can take action to stop subsidence – or else they need to adapt.
Heatwaves: why British trees are shedding branches and dying
British trees struggle to survive as temperatures get higher, and many die.
Ten deadly carcinogens (you’ve probably never heard of)
WHO has said that processed meats cause cancer. But there are more, less visible carcinogens to worry about
Conflicts can spread infectious diseases while making outbreaks harder to detect
The world’s pandemic early-warning system is weakest in places affected by armed conflict, where the risk of outbreaks is often greatest.
Skiing in the Alps faces a bleak future thanks to climate change
The Alps are warming at twice the global rate.
Gaza conflict: how children’s lives are affected on every level
Children living in Gaza have never known anything but deprivation and danger.
Why Wales has no national memorial to its independent past
Being unable to agree on a united national memorial shows just how disunited Wales had been.
Train strike: UK government’s plan to replace strikers with agency workers failed in 2015 – it still won’t work today
Recently announced government plans to lift a ban on hiring agency workers have been tried - and failed – as recently as 2015
Five myths about the chemicals you breathe, eat and drink
All too often the use of the word “chemicals” in the news, in advertising and in common usage has the implication that they are bad. You never hear about chemicals that fight infections, help crops grow…
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