Love organic foods? Your odds for some cancers may fall

Eating more organically grown foods is linked to a 76 percent decreased risk for all lymphomas and an 86 percent reduced risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, French researchers say.

Plastic particles found in every human subject of international study

Tiny particles of up to nine different types of plastic were discovered during the tests. Plastic in the gut could suppress the immune system and aid transmission of toxins and harmful bugs or viruses, experts believe.

Ariane 5 launches two satellites on 7-year voyage to Mercury

The project is only the second, after NASA’s MESSENGER mission, to attempt putting a spacecraft into orbit around the solar system’s innermost planet and is one of the most technically challenging missions.

Free Public Transportation In Dunkirk Is Changing The City's Dynamic

Free public transport in the French channel port of Dunkirk has given rise to a quiet revolution. Fare-free buses have made residents not only happier but also more active in their communities.

" Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire "
- William Yeats -

The Retail Chain is Introducing Tables for Talking to Strangers

Loneliness is becoming a serious problem all over the world, and Sainsbury's is introducing 'Talking Tables' in its cafés. The tables will have signs saying 'Reserved for customers in the mood for having a chat'.

Jamaica to ban plastic bags, straws and foam containers too

The island nation is the latest in a long line of places making a move against single-use plastic.

First proof of quantum computer advantage

Scientists have now demonstrated for the first time that quantum computers do indeed offer advantages - they developed a quantum circuit that can solve a problem that is unsolvable using any equivalent classical circuit.

Four Giant Planets Found Around a Very Young Star

Astronomers have discovered 4 very large gas planets orbiting a young star only 2 million years old. Looks like we need a new model of planetary formation.

Aussie telescope doubles the number of mysterious 'fast radio bursts'

Australian researchers using a CSIRO radio telescope in Western Australia have nearly doubled the known number of 'fast radio bursts'— powerful flashes of radio waves from deep space.

Plastic-Cleaning Contraption in the Caribbean

SodaStream announced the launch of a plastic-cleaning contraption dubbed the "Holy Turtle" into the ocean today. It is the first such cleanup initiative undertaken by a commercial company.

Those who commute through parks have better mental health

According to a Spanish study, people who commute through natural environments report better mental health. A research is based on questionnaires answered by nearly 3,600 participants from four European cities.

Feeding 10 billion people by 2050 will mean eating a lot less meat

Unless we make some changes, the environmental impacts of the food system could increase by 50 to 90 percent in the next 20 years and the planet will not be able to support our skyrocketing population.

World's beer supply is threatened by climate change

The international study says that rising temperatures, longer droughts, and extreme weather events could hurt barley enough to see significant reductions in crop yields and increases in prices.

World-first ultrasound levitation that bends around barriers

UK researchers have become the first in the world to develop technology which can bend sound waves around an obstacle and levitate an object above it.