Germany turns refugees into mental health counsellors for their peers On the top floor of a former US army barracks in Schweinfurt, Germany, a Somali refugee called Abdi Mohamed is standing in front of a colourful chart which says: “Stress: Causes, Signs and Coping Strategies”. Mohamed is running a small group therapy session, together with…
The FDA has approved a faster way to check for allergies Medical diagnosis is a field that doesn’t want to be left behind as more technology takes over health care and rightly so. Arriving at a correct diagnosis faster can spell the difference between a life lost and a life saved. To wit, a novel…
New anatomy VR app lets you look inside your own body Most people feel confident that they know a fair amount about their own body, in terms of general health and what they look like from the outside. However, most of us haven’t taken a look inside—literally speaking. Ed Barton and his UK-based startup Curiscope is hoping…
In Kyoto, Japanese comedians tackle UN Global Goals Japanese comedians on Friday competed to make people laugh by weaving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their performance at a United Nations-supported special event in Kyoto, the country’s cultural centre. “It is fascinating to see so many people take interest in SDGs with today’s comedy performance…
Sick kids are VIPs at football games Blake Rockwell grew up playing sports with other children in his neighborhood. But a congenital heart defect had prevented one of his older brothers, Chuckie, from doing the same. “He wasn’t even allowed to run,” Rockwell said. “So, the kids, they made him the referee for every game.…
Agriculture agency and World Bank launch new initiative to avert famine in Yemen More than half a million vulnerable and food-insecure people in war-torn Yemen will receive immediate relief and long-term sustainable agricultural support, thanks to a $36 million project launched by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Bank. “The project…
Japan looks to combine solar power with mushroom faming Since the Fukushima disaster, Japan has focused on steering away from nuclear power and toward renewable energy generation, but an obstacle to that has been finding open land that can be used for solar or wind power because much of it is needed for agriculture. The…
In Japan, chickens have been genetically engineered to lay eggs that fight cancer People often warn about the amount of cholesterol you get from eating too many eggs. But what if there were health benefits to eggs as well like drugs that fight cancer, hepatitis, and other diseases? Japanese researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science…
Paris officially says it’s phasing out all non-electric cars Soon, drivers will only have the option of using electric cars in Paris as authorities in the French capital have announced plans to remove all gas- and diesel-powered cars by 2030. This announce is about planning for the long term with a strategy that will reduce…
Rooftop solar provides a record-breaking 48% of south Australia’s power The level of minimum power demand from South Australia’s grid hit a new record low and it did so about a week after setting the previous low demand record, thanks to rooftop solar panels. On Sunday, September 17, only 587.8MW of power was drawn from the grid,…