Stories

The fray over formaldehyde
The controversy over using formaldehyde in buildings.
04 November 2014
- Planet, Environmental health
The bugs in our buildings
Researching the microbial communities of indoor spaces.
04 November 2014
- Planet, Environmental health
School design through the decades
A visual history of school design.
04 November 2014
- Planet, Environmental health
Inside the green schools revolution
How can we design better, ‘living’ classrooms that will not only improve the lives of teachers and students, but also have less of an impact on the environment?
04 November 2014
- Planet, Environmental health
A plutocratic proposal
If mega-rich people could buy places on clinical trials, would this help drive forward the development of new treatments that could benefit everyone? Alexander Masters thinks it might just work.
27 October 2014
- Society, Ethics
The man with the golden blood
Meet the donors, patients, doctors and scientists involved in the complex global network of rare – and very rare – blood. By Penny Bailey.
21 October 2014
- Health, Body
Discovering new blood groups
How many undiscovered blood group systems are there?
20 October 2014
- Health, Body
A day at the blood reference laboratory
A look at the life-saving work of a Bristol lab.
20 October 2014
- Health, Body
Inside the blood factory
What happens to your blood once you’ve donated it?
20 October 2014
- Health, Body
Lovely grub: are insects the future of food?
Emily Anthes braves locusts, beetles, mealworms and more as she asks whether eating insects is the answer to feeding ever more humans and livestock.
14 October 2014
- Planet, Sustainability
Farming insects
Is eating insects more humane than eating meat?
13 October 2014
- Planet, Sustainability
Boosting wild insect populations
How can we encourage more insects in the wild?
13 October 2014
- Planet, Sustainability

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