Parkinson’s is the fastest-growing neurological condition in the US, with 90,000 people now diagnosed every year alone – a 50 per cent jump since the mid-1980s. The picture is similar worldwide: a staggering 25 million people are expected to be diagnosed by 2050, more than double today’s…
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.
Since their discovery in 1982, exotic materials known as quasicrystals have bedeviled physicists and chemists. Their atoms arrange themselves into chains of pentagons, decagons, and other shapes to form patterns that never quite…
Now, electricity prices are surging in addition to all of the uncorked demand from the Covid-19 pandemic, when the global economic slowdown and pressure from policymakers kept a lid on utility bills.
“I think if we were to repeat this analysis for next year, there would probably be a little bit…
Higher education could protect you from developing dementia in later life by providing protective benefits for your cognitive ability,…
A major report on the global food system has found that less than 1 per cent of the world is eating a diet that’s good for the planet and human health.
But switching to a healthier eating pattern could prevent up to 15 million premature deaths per year, while cutting global greenhouse gas…
Speaking by video at the UN Climate Summit in New York last week, China’s president Xi Jinping laid out his country’s climate ambitions. While the stated goals may not have been aggressive as some environmentalists would like, Xi at least reaffirmed China’s green commitment.
“Despite some…
