Global Good News

Health Why weight matters more than you think for your lower back

A study of 110,000 adults shows low back pain risk rises with BMI, suggesting healthy weight may help prevent chronic back problems.

Green Impact Your eyes and emotions help shape your sense of temperature, study finds Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Health Silent spinal cord cells may hold the key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease Shy Cohen

Discoveries Why do some sentences stay in your head much longer than others?Rebecca Shavit

Health Experimental drug can sharply reduce amyloid beta’s impact on Alzheimer’s Mac Oliveau

Discoveries How ants gave up armor to build some of the largest societies on Earth Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Green Impact Engineers turn waste cardboard into a low-carbon building material Rebecca Shavit

Health New bioluminescent tool lets scientists watch live neural activity for hours Mac Oliveau

Health Breakthrough new drug lowers blood sugar and burns fat without muscle loss Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Why shiny flowers are rare: bee vision reveals a hidden visual trade-off Rebecca Shavit

Health New ‘glue sniffer’ sensor lets scientists watch brain cells talk in real time Joshua Shavit

Green Impact Smarter farming could pull billions of tons of carbon from the air Rebecca Shavit

Health The brain’s cerebellum may ease alcohol withdrawal symptoms Joshua Shavit

Health Gen Z is turning away from alcohol in Australia — could bring lasting public health benefits Rebecca Shavit

Innovations Smarter tomato-picking robots learn to judge each fruit before harvest Joshua Shavit

Health New cellular discovery may explain how Alzheimer’s disease spreads through the brain Mac Oliveau

Discoveries Early medieval England was shaped by centuries of migration Joshua Shavit