Arjun Jain, Age 16, Short Hills, New Jersey, USA (Source: ACTION FOR NATURE) A 16-year-old student from New Jersey has turned a backyard soil-free farming experiment into an urban agriculture project that has donated more than 3,500 pounds of fresh produce to local food pantries while also helping shape local laws. Arjun Jain, a student…

From Natalie Harp to JD Vance’s weight loss secret: 5 strange US stories making headlines. From an obscure White House aide suddenly becoming a national obsession to a mysterious kidney disease appearing among Texas farm workers, the first half of September has produced a peculiar collection of American stories. Some are political, some deeply cultural…

Myreen Ahsan (8th Grade, Friendswood Junior High) An eighth-grade student from Texas has used artificial intelligence and computer models to screen more than 10 million drug-like molecules in search of possible treatments for frontotemporal dementia. Myreen Ahsan, a student at Friendswood Junior High in Friendswood, Texas, carried out the computer-based study as part of an…

File photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping China has privately asked Tehran to use its influence over Yemen’s Houthis to help rein in the Iran-backed group after Saudi Arabia appealed to Beijing for help, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter quoted by Reuters.The appeal came after the Houthis made rapid advances along Yemen’s…

An Alabama women’s healthcare clinic has expanded into a larger health centre with support from a $5 million grant from Melinda French Gates’ philanthropic organisation, Pivotal. WAWC Healthcare in Tuscaloosa previously provided abortion services before Alabama’s abortion ban became enforceable following the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The clinic later reopened…