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This ‘jaw-dropping’ DNA breakthrough could cure cancer and HIV
This week scientists in America reached a breakthrough that could revolutionize medical science, and not only because it has been described by one of the Nobel scientists as “absolutely huge” and...
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This pioneering new molecule can stop AIDs replicating
Scientists in Spain have come up with a set of tiny synthetic molecules that can actually block the replication of the AIDS virus. Another bit of optimistic news on World Aids Day. In tests, the...
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Child’s Play Charity: Kindness levels up
Imagination is the greatest weapon against the harsh and oft unforgiving realities of the world we live in, it sharpens the mind and changes our perspective, in our imaginations our ordinary selves...
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Can anyone find the end of the sticky tape? Oh, scientists are using it to...
So it’s that time of year when we’re spending our short dark evenings doing one thing and one thing only. Trying to find the non-existent end of the sticky tape. That old Christmas chestnut. No matter...
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Humans are so smart that we’ve just invented computers that act like our own...
Apparently keen to squeeze in as many 2013 achievements as possible, scientists have just invented computers that act like brains. Scary, but amazing too, considering we pretty much only just invented...
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25 events that show 2013 was the greatest year in history for human progress
As we celebrate the start of a new year (and our 1st birthday!) here at pplkind, it makes sense to look back at how much progress we humans have made this year. And while so many terrible events took...
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Kofi Annan makes united call for climate action as “opportunity to set our...
Kofi Annan, Chair of The Elders and former UN Secretary-General, has made a united call for climate change in a Washington Post op-ed, where he calls for leaders to drive renewable energies, set an...
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A centre for the young and the homeless in London
If you live or visit London, you’ll know that there are lots of people surviving on the streets. But whether you stop to talk or give your spare change, or whether you look the other way is totally up...
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Students 3D print a robotic arm for teenage girl
Power skipping. That’s one of my proudest moments from university. An invention my best friend and I came up with to take advantage of the downhill road between our houseshare and campus with...
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See inside this shoe factory in Ethiopia for a glimpse of a fairer world future
When your average business gets off the ground, its founders want to make money, fast. But Oliberté isn’t your average business. If Oliberté was a person it would have sustainability tattooed on its...
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