Barcelona is taking radical steps to ban cars. Here's why. →
Sick of traffic and pollution, cities are showing we can reclaim public space from cars and improve our health and well-being. HUFFPOST
Read MoreMeatless meat is everywhere. But how good is it for us and the planet? →
As Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat secure deals with fast-food outlets, we look at how these plant-based burgers stack up for climate and health. HUFFPOST
Read MoreWhy being kind could help you live longer →
What can kindness do for you? Give you a warm glow perhaps, or a feeling of well-being? While that may be true, scientists and academics at a new research centre say it can do much more - it can extend your life. BBC NEWS
Read MoreScientists 3D-printed living skin, complete with blood vessels →
Researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, claim to have 3D-printed skin that’s alive and has blood vessels. The new technique could greatly accelerate the healing process for patients who require skin grafts, such as burn victims. FUTURISM
Read MoreNanoparticle tech reduces celiac disease symptoms by 90% →
Researchers from Northwestern University developed the tech and it works by hiding a bit of gluten in a biodegradable nanoparticle. Injected into a person’s bloodstream, the nanoparticle looks to the immune system like a bit harmless debris, so it allows a macrophage — a type of cell tasked with removing such detritus from the body — to gobble up the particle, hidden gluten and all. FUTURISM
Read MoreBrain hack: the quest for new treatments for eating disorders →
New treatment innovations are urgently needed for eating disorders, which affect an estimated 1.25 million people in the UK. A project using rTMS, a form of brain stimulation therapy, has shown encouraging early results. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreSpanish coders harness tech to track health risks for firefighters →
A small team of volunteers based in Barcelona is hoping to deploy cutting-edge technology at home and further afield to protect the health of those on the frontline: the firefighters. After winning a global coding challenge backed by tech giant IBM in New York last weekend, they will receive financial and technical support to deploy more widely their open-source application, named Prometeo. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreRed and processed meat are OK to eat, controversial new guidelines claim →
Leading nutritional experts in the United States and the UK are fired up about new dietary recommendations claiming there's no need to reduce your red and processed meat intake for good health. CNN
Read MoreCan we manipulate our sleep? →
Could new research into our sleep patterns help improve our memory and health while we dream? Professor Penny Lewis takes a look. BBC NEWS
Read MoreKFC to hold US trial of vegan ‘chicken’ nuggets →
The fast-food chain said it was working with the rapidly growing meat substitute company Beyond Meat on a one-day trial that if successful would lead to plant-based chicken nuggets and wings appearing on its US menu. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreDementia and how to change your house to make life easier →
A house in the UK designed especially to help people with dementia is inspiring families, care-home owners and council workers to make changes to their own homes. BBC NEWS
Read MoreThere’s a simple way to give 20 million Americans access to parks: Let them use school playgrounds →
The Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit that helps schools and cities create “shared-use” agreements for playground space, calculated that if all schoolyards in the U.S. were opened to the public during nonschool hours, nearly 20 million Americans who don’t currently live near parks would suddenly be a short walk from one. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreClinicians are using an app to speed up detection of a ‘silent killer’ →
Healthcare professionals can now detect one of the National Health Service’s (NHS) “biggest killers” in minutes rather than hours due to the use of a new app. The app, which has been developed by Alphabet’s DeepMind Health together with the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL), is used to help identify patients who are at risk of something called “acute kidney injury”, or AKI. CNBC
Read MoreGet one of these tattoos, and you get real-time updates on your health status →
Scientists have developed tattoos that change coluor in response to changes in your body chemistry. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThis human gene editing trial will use Crispr to treat blindness →
Up to 18 people, ages three and up, will be part of the first ever human study in the U.S. that uses the gene-editing technique CRISPR inside the body. The goal is to treat an eye disorder that causes blindness. FUTURISM
Read MoreFood labeling is broken. Kind Bar is on a not-so-nutty quest to fix it →
Kind Bar is pushing the FDA to strengthen its food-labeling requirements. Some of its competitors aren’t thrilled. FAST COMPANY
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