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Scientists say such tests could be available in a few years, speeding research for treatments and providing a diagnosis for dementia patients who want to know if they have Alzheimer’s disease.

We yearn for frictionless technological solutions. But people talking to people is still the way that norms and standards change.

The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.

Last year felt pretty awful most of the time. But if you take the long view, 2019 was actually a relatively amazing year to be alive.

A new study from the World Bank and UN finds we’ll need ways to boost yields faster than ever before to prevent agricultural emissions from soaring.

Research into the pathogen that caused the Irish Potato Famine is taking us a step closer to designing blight-resistant crops.  

While scientists race to develop a technology, probably nuclear-based, that can slake our energy thirst without a huge environmental cost, it would be folly to wait that long to tackle carbon emissions.

The farms of Africa are prospering at last thanks to persistence, technology and decent government

Viral and parasitic diseases are not only worth killing off, they are also increasingly vulnerable

The crops developed by Norman Borlaug have saved millions of people from starvation.