Blind Mom Sees Unborn Baby Through 3D Printed Ultrasound

These days, most expectant parents take for granted that they’ll get a first glimpse of their unborn child through an ultrasoundmonths before the baby actually arrive...

This Powerpuff Girls PSA Is Teaching Brazilian Kids About Zika

When it comes to fighting Zika, the World Health Organization is taking all the help it can get, including enlisting the help of cartoon-loving kids.

Zika, a mosqui...

Fire-Damaged Brazilian Tortoise Receives New 3D Printed Shell

A team of specialists in Brazil have designed a new 3D printed replacement shell for a tortoise whose armour was destroyed in a bushfire last year. The self-titled “A...

Humans Risk Killing Off One-In-Five of All Plant Species

Twenty-one percent of the world’s plant species—essential to food and medicine supplies—are threatened with extinction, according to a report published Tu...

The Future Of The Frog Looks Bleak; Unless Humans Change

Amphibians, the oldest group of land vertebrates, are regarded as themost threatened across the globe. From Brazil’s tropical rain forests, to Canada’s temperat...

Global Warming Prompts Farmers To Plant Fewer Crops

Rising global temperatures may have a far bigger impact on food production than previously thought according to a study of how farmers in Brazil have actually reacted to a ...

There's One Thing That Could Make The Zika Virus Much More Dangerous — Climate Change

The mosquito-born Zika virus was declared an international public health emergency last week — a designation last used for Ebola — and could infect as many as 4...

The Zika Declaration

THE Zika virus has been the predominant item across news agencies this past couple of weeks. Until the outbreak in Brazil in May last year (2015), most of us can probably s...

Six Questions About The Zika Virus, Answered

Some doctors in Brazil have been warning women not to get pregnant, and last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued travel advisories suggesting pregnan...