To fight coronavirus, distilleries, brewers and monasteries start making hand sanitiser →
From gin distillers to monks, these groups are changing gears and making hand gel for people in need. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreWhy not encourage cycling during the coronavirus lockdown? →
Bikes allows people to maintain isolation but provide important respite from being indoors. THE GUARDIAN
Read More‘No-waste’ Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral future →
For 20 years Kamikatsu has led the way in the world’s second biggest producer of plastic waste. THE GUARDIAN
Read More20,000 former NHS staff return to fight virus, Prime Minister says →
Some 20,000 former NHS staff have returned to work to help the fight against coronavirus, Boris Johnson has revealed in a video posted online. BBC NEWS
Read MoreIn Spain, Eldiario.es uses public service journalism to fight the coronavirus →
After the coronavirus crisis passes, readers and journalists will have a clearer understanding that factual information is a precious, public good. NIEMAN REPORTS
Read MoreRefugees to the rescue? Germany taps migrant medics to battle virus →
Germany, which has taken in about a million migrants, is hoping that some of the doctors among them will help tackle staffing crunch. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreUK begins trial of HIV medicine, steroid as possible COVID-19 treatments →
Oxford University scientists are testing AbbVie's Kaletra, normally used to treat HIV, with the steroid dexamethasone. OPENLY
Read MoreScientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic →
A bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. The bug not only breaks the plastic down but uses it as food to power the process. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreDyson plans to build 15,000 ventilators to fight COVID-19 →
As the world faces ventilator shortages in the growing COVID-19 pandemic, Dyson—the U.K. company known best for making vacuums, air purifiers, and hair dryers—is collaborating on a ventilator in coordination with The Technology Partnership (TTP). FAST COMPANY
Read MoreCash in hand: Could basic income protect livelihoods in coronavirus crisis? →
Advocates of Universal Basic Income say it would provide citizens with a safety net amid the economic chaos wrought by COVID-19. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreAndorra set to become latest nation to legalise gay marriage →
With the tiny European country set to legalise same-sex weddings, gay marriages are now legal in 27 United Nation member states. OPENLY
Read MoreSan Francisco fights coronavirus by finding the homeless a home →
The city has leased trailers and hotel rooms to quarantine homeless people showing signs of infection. It’s also moving some of the 2,000 people in its shelters to new locations throughout the city so they aren’t crowded together. BLOOMBERG
Read MoreWhy Estonia was poised to handle how a pandemic would change everything →
Estonia may be the nation best prepared for the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, both economically and socially. THE NEW YORKER
Read MoreBuildings grown by bacteria – new research is finding ways to turn cells into mini-factories for materials →
But what if buildings – walls, roofs, floors, windows – were actually alive – grown, maintained and healed by living materials? Imagine architects using genetic tools that encode the architecture of a building right into the DNA of organisms, which then grow buildings that self-repair, interact with their inhabitants and adapt to the environment. THE CORRESPONDENT
Read MoreCould synthetic fish be a better catch of the day? →
Overfishing has depleted numbers of wild fish, and fish farms meet much of the growing demand. Could we one day be eating "fish" grown from cells in a factory, as a number of start-ups are planning? BBC NEWS
Read MoreWhen will COVID-19 vaccines and treatments be ready? Follow this tracker to see →
You can now see the progress worldwide researchers are making as they fight the coronavirus, updated daily at 12 Eastern. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreCommunity aid groups set up across UK amid coronavirus crisis →
Tens of thousands volunteer to pick up shopping or deliver medicine to vulnerable citizens self-isolating. THE GUARDIAN
Read More500,000 people have signed up to be NHS volunteers, UK health secretary says →
More than half a million volunteers have signed up in just over 24 hours to help the NHS cope with the coronavirus outbreak. The mass sign-up follows health secretary Matt Hancock’s call for 250,000 people to donate their time to help the 1.5 million people isolating for 12 weeks in an attempt to slow the spread of Covid-19. THE INDEPENDENT
Read MoreHow Rem Koolhaas imagines a future beyond cities →
Countryside, the Future explores how the world’s non-urban territories might one day be designed, and it is a collaboration between legendary architect Rem Koolhaas and Samir Bantal, the director of AMO—Koolhaas’s practice’s research studio. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreCoronavirus to be tracked using its genetic code →
Scientists are to track the spread of the coronavirus in the UK by using clues in its genetic code. BBC NEWS
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