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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Alex Healey |Ryan Baxter |Steve Glew |Josh Toussaint-Strauss |Ali Assaf
An unprecedented planetary-scale seismic event caused the earth to vibrate for nine days straight back in 2023, but the reason why was unclear. Scientists initially had more questions than answers, labelling the event an unidentified seismic object and undertook a mammoth scientific collaboration across multiple countries and institutions to get to the bottom of what really happened.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Ryan Baxter |Steve Glew |Josh Toussaint-Strauss
People can rent a holiday home on Airbnb or Booking.com in an illegal Israeli settlement, on occupied Palestinian territory. But not if you’re a Palestinian.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Ryan Baxter |Steve Glew |Alex Healey |Neelam Tailor
They are everywhere, and they might be messing with your body more than you realise. They’re linked to obesity, gut issues, even chronic disease. But how exactly are UPFs making us sick? Neelam Tailor speaks with food philosopher and former industry insider Prof Barry Smith, who breaks down what UPFs do inside your body, how food companies keep us hooked, and how you can reduce how much UPF you eat.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Ryan Baxter |Steve Glew |Alex Healey |Josh Toussaint-Strauss
Salmon is often marketed as the sustainable, healthy and eco-friendly protein choice. But what you may not realise is that most of the salmon you buy is farmed, especially if you live in the UK, because Scottish salmon producers are no longer required to tell you. Josh Toussaint-Strauss finds out why it is important for consumers to know where their salmon comes from, and examines the gap between the marketing of farmed salmon and the reality for our health, the environmental and animal welfare
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Alex Healey |Ryan Baxter |Steve Glew |Neelam Tailor |Ali Assaf
What happens when western billionaires try to ‘fix’ hunger in developing countries? Neelam Tailor investigates how philanthropic efforts by the Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the organisation they set up to revolutionise African farming, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), may have made matters worse for the small-scale farmers who produce 70% of the continent's food.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Alex Healey |Ryan Baxter |Steve Glew |Josh Toussaint-Strauss |Ali Assaf
As droughts become more prevalent, corporate control over our drinking water is threatening the health of water sources and the access people have to them.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Alex Healey |Ryan Baxter |Steve Glew |Neelam Tailor |Ali Assaf
Plastics are everywhere, but their smallest fragments – nanoplastics – are making their way into the deepest parts of our bodies, including our brains and breast milk. Scientists have now captured the first visual evidence of these particles inside human cells, raising urgent questions about their impact on our health. From the food we eat to the air we breathe, how are nanoplastics infiltrating our systems? Neelam Tailor looks into the invisible invasion happening inside us all
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Alex Healey |Ryan Baxter |Steve Glew |Josh Toussaint-Strauss |Ali Assaf
Efforts at stopping population movement by force often fail to stop people migrating across borders. But for many politicians, that can be a good thing. Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how immigration is being exploited for business, to boost political agendas, and as a weapon of war• ‘Weapons of mass migration’: how states exploit the failure of migration policies
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Neelam Tailor |Alex Healey |Ali Assaf |Steve Glew |Ryan Baxter
Pharmaceutical corporations claim high prices are the cost of innovation, but the reality is far more complicated — and troubling. In 2030, the patents of some of the world’s best-selling drugs will expire, an event called the 'patent cliff', and companies are doubling down on tactics such as 'evergreening' patents and pay-for-delay deals to keep prices high and competition out.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Josh Toussaint-Strauss |Alex Healey |Francesca de Bassa |Steve Glew |Ryan Baxter
The pronatalist movement in the US is gathering pace once again, rekindled by Silicon Valley personalities and hard-right conservatives who are becoming increasingly vocal about whether or not women are having enough babies. But it's not just in the US, some governments in other countries have launched marketing campaigns encouraging people to have more children, while others have offered financial incentives.
