Today the Caribbean island officially became a republic. After a dazzling display of Barbadian music and dance accompanied by speeches celebrating the end of colonialism, Sandra Mason was sworn in as Barbados's first president.
The city launched a pilot project to produce biomethane from sewage sludge - the plan is to have the over 1000 buses run on the renewable natural gas and to achieve an overall more circular economy and greener transport.
A pioneering study found that just three minutes of exposure to deep red light in the morning, once a week, can significantly improve declining eyesight. An affordable home-based eye therapy that could help millions of people globally.
A slow but successful recovery of the bird during 35 years of conservations measures underline the importance of protecting key habitats as a whole, where endangered species find the native plants they depend on for food.
Chinese researchers created a bioplastic that produces 97 per cent fewer carbon emissions than polystyrene plastics. It can be reused and recycled, and is easily broken down by enzymes when its lifespan ends.
According to a new study, the resin of the Eremophila galeata, an old shrub from Australia, increases chemotherapy's effects by stopping cancer cells from rejecting treatments, a phenomenon scientifically known as efflux pump.
16-year-old youth activist from Ireland uses his voice to raise awareness against bullying and discrimination. "In my reimagined world, there is no discrimination. There would be no need to ‘come out’, because you would just be yourself."
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