#China has brought millions out of #poverty. The US has not – by choice

Despite the US’s economic success, income #inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/china-us-poverty-income-inequality

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#Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures review – this #vaccine documentary is so inspirational it’ll make you weep
The tale of Prof Sarah Blagden’s attempt to find a treatment that stops the disease is the rarest of things – TV that makes you dare to hope

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/20/cancer-detectives-finding-the-cures-review-this-vaccine-documentary-is-so-inspirational-itll-make-you-weep

#142holdheap #medical

What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’
As #GenAI becomes the primary way to find #information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/18/what-ai-doesnt-know-global-knowledge-collapse

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‘I awoke at ½ past 7’
Our cursed age of self-monitoring and optimisation didn’t start with big tech: as so often, the #Victorians are to blame

https://aeon.co/essays/victorian-diary-writers-kicked-off-our-age-of-self-optimisation

#142holdheap #diaries #selfhelp #history

China’s #CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting #carbon intensity

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/11/china-co2-emissions-flat-or-falling-for-past-18-months-analysis-finds

#142holdheap #china #co2emission #Climate

Could urban farming feed the world?
From back gardens to hi-tech #hydroponics, the future of food doesn’t have to be rural

Urban agriculture (UA) covers everything from hi-tech approaches such as vertical farming and soil-free processes such as #hydroponics, #aeroponics and #aquaponics, to guerrilla gardening on the urban fringe.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/09/could-urban-farming-feed-the-world

#142holdheap #UrbanFarming #Environment

How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s #health

In Finland, kindergartens are exposing #children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial #biodiversity is to #wellbeing

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/soil-sandpit-children-dirty-biodiversity-finnish-nurseries-research-microbes-bacteria-aoe

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Work out while you work? Ten strength-building office exercises you can do in everyday clothes
Sitting down all day is bad for our #Health So can micro-movements – three minutes at a time – help us get fitter?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/22/work-out-while-you-work-10-strength-building-office-exercises-you-can-do-in-everyday-clothes

#142holdheap #exercise

‘A #medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?

Period blood has long been thought of as ‘stinky and useless’, but startups are exploring using the fluid to test for a wide range of health conditions – including difficult-to-diagnose #endometriosis

#142holdheap #health #women

Herbal #supplements were supposed to make them healthier. Instead, they got sick
Common compounds like #turmeric and #ashwagandha can overwhelm the #liver and lead to #health complications

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/oct/23/herbal-supplements-liver-health

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