Gene-replacement therapies are transforming children’s lives
23 December 2022
Several therapies to correct severe genetic disorders have been approved by medical regulators in 2022, and others have produced impressive clinical trial results
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Nearly 15 million excess deaths occurred globally in 2020 and 2021
14 December 2022
World Health Organization research suggests that during just the first two years of the pandemic, 14.83 million more deaths occurred worldwide than would otherwise have been expected
Tropical forests ravaged by logging can still have thriving ecosystems
14 December 2022
Logged forests in Borneo have more abundant birds and mammals than pristine forests, showing that conservationists should still try to protect these habitats
Drone used to map radioactive vault at former US weapons site
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A drone has mapped a vault full of radioactive powder as part of a decades-long project to clean up a former weapons and nuclear energy test site in Idaho
Why the tech apocalypse of 2022 was largely a good thing
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The covid-19 pandemic’s third year saw countries adopt new approaches
14 December 2022
As the world faced the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, Iceland began 2022 by shifting towards "herd immunity" while China ended the year easing its zero covid approach
Drought, not lithium mining, is drying out Chile's largest salt flat
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Lithium mining has been blamed for the drying out of a region in the Andes where the metal is naturally found – but drought may be the culprit instead
What US midterm elections mean for climate policy and public health
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The outcome of state and national elections on 8 November will shape the next two years of policy on climate change, abortion and covid-19
Pandemic terrorism risk is being overlooked, warns leading geneticist
14 November 2022
Kevin Esvelt, who created the first artificial gene drive capable of wiping out an entire species, says the threat of a deliberately released virus causing a pandemic is being overlooked
A stack of Apple laptops could work as a powerful supercomputer
16 November 2022
Supercomputers are expensive to buy and run, but connecting up lots of consumer Apple computers that contain M1 chips may be able to do the same job for less