
How gene therapy is being used to treat deafness
In Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, researchers are carrying out a trial to try to reverse hearing loss in children born with rare genetic mutations

In Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, researchers are carrying out a trial to try to reverse hearing loss in children born with rare genetic mutations

The exploitation of minerals in the Jequitinhonha River Valley is generating thousands of jobs, but is of concern to some locals, who worry about environmental damage

Experts point out that the overuse of screens and decline in outdoor activity are some of the factors behind the rise of the condition which, if not corrected, increases the risk of blindness

The researcher analyzes the impact of regulation on the Chinese tech industry, which operates with a different system due to the relationships between the government, companies and public opinion

The Nobel Prize winner in economics criticizes the abrupt rise in interest rates and argues that the Fed’s diagnosis is mistaken

The Office of the President of Ukraine affirms that, in a few months, the country must agree with its international allies on the roadmap to negotiating with the invader

China becomes the first nation capable of successfully landing a robotic module in that unexplored region, collecting dust and rocks, and transporting them back to our planet

President Javier Milei is making the most of the global competition to ensure access to a mineral that is critical to making batteries for energy storage and EVs. Residents of boom towns wonder how long it will last

Taipei described the move as ‘a crude provocation’ and urged its citizens, over whom Beijing has no jurisdiction, ‘not to be threatened or intimidated by the Chinese Communist Party’

The study of more than 100 earthquakes confirms that the sphere, roughly the size of the Moon, is reversing relative to the planet’s surface

The synthetic drug, which was developed more than half a century ago, has moved from operating rooms to the streets, causing a public health crisis in the United States and sparking a slew of questions about its production and illegal trafficking

The record-holding world chess champion, who lives in New York and is included on the Putin government’s list of ‘terrorists and extremists,’ maintains that the war must follow a ‘strategy that consists of Ukraine winning and Russia losing’

The couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, both two years old, will arrive in the US capital at the end of this year after the departure in November 2023 of Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and Xiao Qi Ji

The list of challenges affecting humanity at large is long and dangerous. If no one manages to impose some order in the international system, dangerous anarchy will be the outcome

Known as the father of the Internet in South Korea, the expert warns of the consequences of AI by comparing humans to monkeys: ‘We can control monkeys, but they can’t control us. If the AI becomes smarter, it will become the human being and we will become the monkey’

Representatives of the three countries are to meet in Arizona to discuss the challenges of North American economic integration against the background of presidential elections and the trade war with China

After meeting with Xi Jinping, the Russian president traveled to a province bordering Russia on the second day of his official visit to China

Globally, nations spend nine times more on military endeavors than on combating hunger

The ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation advocates for unwavering support to Israel, conditional aid to Ukraine and a strong rivalry with China

A new law aims to force ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the platform, to sell the app under the threat of closure. It is a step with precedents in other countries that opens up multiple concerns and scenarios

The U.S. secretary of state ended his trip with a meeting with the Chinese president, who said the two countries should be ‘partners rather than rivals’

On his trip to Beijing, the U.S. secretary of state will try to consolidate America’s fragile understanding with the Asian giant. Taiwan, trade, and the South China Sea are among the key topics to be discussed

The Swedish historian, an advocate of classical liberalism, argues that for a certain sector of the right today, defending the beliefs of Thatcher and Reagan is being a ‘cultural Marxist’

Groundwater extraction and heavy skyscrapers are key factors in an accelerating trend

The International Monetary Fund projects Sudan, Japan and Singapore to have the highest liabilities

The U.S. president said last month that he opposed the merger, but went far further in his comment to the steelworkers at the Pittsburgh headquarters of the United Steelworkers

The international organization cautions that four years after the Covid pandemic, fiscal deficits and debts are higher than prepandemic forecasts had expected