The effects of some forms of chemical poisoning acquired from the environment can pass down three generations. At least in fish. Small fish that get exposed even to low levels of synthetic endocrine-disrupting chemicals that have become common in many freshwater sources can end up passing on the genetic impacts […]

Research Post June 29, 2020 Micronutrient status in the DR Congo: What to do when diet and blood measurements do and don’t align Kristina Michaux Erick Boy Looking at the varying prevalence of zinc and vitamin A deficiencies among women and children.

Country: World Source: World Food Programme WFP is ramping up the number of people it assists to 138 million from a record 97 million in 2019. But sustained funding is urgently required, so WFP is seeking $4.9 billion over the next six months.

On a blue-sky day in May, as the coronavirus raged across the world, the Chinese flag was raised on a remote nation with a total population of 116,000, thousands of miles from Beijing.

Back in February, Amazon owner Jeff Bezos – the richest man in the world – made a US$10 billion commitment to fight climate change. Now he’s putting the climate fight in the marquee lights, after Amazon acquired the naming rights for a new sports stadium in Seattle and announced it […]