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From 27 to 3? 15 to 38? Changing trains can be nerve-wracking when we don’t know our way around, or are pushed for time. For people with mobility restrictions, however, train stations pose an even greater challenge. The kindness of strangers is often crucial. But how to guarantee it’s there? Cue an app created by a London start-up. With...

Following our intuition can transform a pipe dream into something spectacular. So begins this success story about a German startup. A designer son realizes his mother’s dream. She wanted to delight people with mobile delicacies. He saw a gap in the market for sustainable, personalized food trucks, and started experimenting. The result? A veritable palette of food trailers, helping...

Small animals can have a big impact. Mosquitos and snails are living proof. Now copepods have been found to be equally influential. Mini shrimps, as insignificant as a single grain of ground coffee. The nocturnal animals with an inner biological clock feed on phytoplankton. These swim on the ocean’s surface and, as we know, sequester CO2. Copepods cover unusually...

Inflamed tonsils are a clear sign. Of tonsillitis. Yet, diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease is more problematic, since symptoms such as shaking and impaired balance are related to other illnesses too. Almost a quarter of false diagnoses, the wrong treatment or medication – this could be changed by a simple cotton bud. In a study led by Manchester University, sebum samples...

Only the tip of the iceberg is visible. The same goes for peat wildfires. Peat burns particularly well thanks to its high organic content, emitting one hundred times more CO2 than forest fires each year. Researchers have examined how the process of suppressing a blaze can be shortened under the earth, substantially reducing the millions or billions of liters...

Promoted by stars like the current James Bond songwriter and Matrix actor, the vegan lifestyle is more than just a trend. Now a Beirut clinic is acknowledging the health and environmental benefits and going all-in as the first ever vegan hospital. The plant-based diet is said to accelerate the healing process and reverse certain illnesses. One of its core...