By: Jonathan O’Callaghan /IFL Science Scientists have developed a new type of banana that could help the many children in Uganda who have a pro-vitamin A deficiency. The so-called “golden bananas”, named for their appearance, were developed by a team from the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, led by Professor James Dale. The findings have been published…
Why Is The Pregnancy-Related Death Rate In Texas The Highest In The US?
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Texas has a problem that is suspiciously unique to the states – as reported by the Associated Press, it has the highest pregnancy-related death rate in not just the US, but the entirety of the developed world with the exception of Mexico. Citing a study by the University of Maryland looking at maternal mortality rates…
France Is Making Vaccinations For 11 Diseases Compulsory From Next Year
By: Tome Hale/IFL Science Parents in France will be legally obliged to vaccinate their children against 11 common illness from 2018 onwards. Currently, only three vaccines – diphtheria, tetanus, and polio – are compulsory in France. This new plan wants to extend this to include eight more: measles, hepatitis B, influenza, whooping cough, mumps, rubella, pneumonia, and meningitis…
Researchers Produce World’s First Probiotic Beer
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science As if anyone needed any excuse to drink more beer, a team of researchers managed to produce an alcoholic beverage that also contains probiotics. In a novel breakthrough, they claim that the beer could help improve gut health and immunity, though the science is still out on that last one. There are plenty…
Mom Gives Birth To Conjoined Twins. Now They Look So Different Separated
By: Emerald Pellot/Little Things Twins Shaily and Shilpa were born together — literally. Fused at the abdomen and chest, the conjoined twin sisters confounded their parents, Lal Bhai and Shashikala. They had no idea how to get treatment. When the girls were 2 months old, a local hospital in India referred them to AIIMS for surgery. For four months,…
What Did Stephen Hawking Mean When He Said Trump Could Turn Earth Into Venus?
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Stephen Hawking is clearly not a fan of President Trump. Over the last few weeks and months, he’s been particularly aggrieved by the White House’s decision to leave the Paris climate change agreement. Previously, he’s referred to this as the “most serious and wrong decision this world has seen” on climate change. Now, speaking to BBC…
It’s Official. China Is Launching A “War on Pollution”
By: Karla Lant/Futurism China has just launched five “green finance” pilot zones to fund the country’s war on pollution. Each individual zone will focus on a different green financing subtopic based on the strengths and weaknesses of its economy. FINANCING WAR ON POLLUTION China has just launched five “green finance” pilot zones, according to the central bank….
We Only Have Three Years To Prevent Climate Catastrophe, But There Is Hope
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science If global carbon emissions don’t start to decline within the next three years, the planet will be on track for dangerous levels of climate change and the goals set for the Paris climate agreement will be unattainable. In a letter published in Nature, experts including the former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, have set out…
Cardiac Arrests Dropped Dramatically After The Affordable Care Act
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science The Republican Party has been obsessed with the mantra “repeal and replace” ever since their archenemy piece of legislation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law back in 2010. Now, on the eve of its potential revocation, a new study has been published that reveals one major benefit of the…