Mobile phones are addictive; why do we get such a kick out of using our phones?

A 72-hour break from cell phones (aka mobile phones) triggered increased cravings in study participants; brain scans showed heightened activity in reward centres when shown phone images. Cell phones stimulate your brain’s pleasure centre si

Bill Gates-funded project in Colombia releases 30 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes per week

Last year, the government of Burkina Faso terminated the Target Malaria project, a research initiative funded by the Gates Foundation and Open Philanthropy, due to biosafety risks, low impact and scientific sovereignty concerns. Target Mala

Trump's War on Native America in the Shadow of Hormuz

One might be forgiven for assuming that when President Donald Trump is busy throwing American power around elsewhere on the planet — he would have less time to wreck his own country. As US strike groups are ploughing the Caribbean, and Amer

Climate change in Europe must be treated as an “international public health emergency,” WHO’s European branch says

In a ‘Call to Action’ published on 17 May, the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health, a body convened by WHO Europe, urged governments to formally have WHO declare climate change a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (“

For Danielle. For truth. For every patient going into hospitals, trusting the people sworn to heal them

In 2021, Danielle Alvarez, a 28-year-old girl with special needs, was admitted to a hospital in New York, USA, with a mild cough – and died 40 days later.  Rebecca, her mother, conducted her own investigation into what happened to her daugh