Solutions helping people who struggle with speech
Published on Tuesday, 12th August 2025.
Can redesigning parts of Cairo make the city's streets safer for women?
Published on Wednesday, 6th August 2025.
From powering cars to feeding farm animals, how using seaweed more can help the planet.
Published on Tuesday, 29th July 2025.
How two projects in Portugal are seeking to bolster people's participation in society.
Published on Tuesday, 22nd July 2025.
We hear about the low-cost incubators that can run on a battery and a bottle of water.
Published on Tuesday, 15th July 2025.
The innovative 'smart labels' on food packaging and feeding fish with whisky waste
Published on Tuesday, 8th July 2025.
We visit an innovative project in Paraguay that helps people improve their lives
Published on Tuesday, 1st July 2025.
How the numbers of stray dogs - and feral pigeons - can be kept down kindly
Published on Tuesday, 24th June 2025.
How clowns and consoles are making a stay in hospital a bit easier for unwell youngsters.
Published on Tuesday, 17th June 2025.
We're in the US and Spain to look at how life can be improved for ageing populations.
Published on Tuesday, 10th June 2025.
How the metal boxes can be re-engineered in surprising and useful ways
Published on Tuesday, 3rd June 2025.
Presenter Myra Anubi is in Malawi to meet those making the most of the country's waste.
Published on Tuesday, 27th May 2025.
The people using mindfulness and meditation to improve mental and physical health
Published on Tuesday, 20th May 2025.
How a small NGO is helping people in Chile to trace their birth families
Published on Tuesday, 13th May 2025.
In Malawi, Myra Anubi looks at ways that technology is improving children's education
Published on Tuesday, 6th May 2025.
We meet the solution seekers trying to make healthcare more equal
Published on Tuesday, 29th April 2025.
The mobility aid and tactile tablet that could help people with visual impairments
Published on Tuesday, 22nd April 2025.
We look at two projects that show how sport can be a powerful tool for social inclusion.
Published on Tuesday, 15th April 2025.
Making it easier to recover from ill health through rehabilitation
Published on Tuesday, 8th April 2025.
Going nuclear to stop poaching
Published on Tuesday, 1st April 2025.
How cut price health treatment has helped reduce logging in Borneo
Published on Tuesday, 25th March 2025.
The youth club in the Indian city of Kolkata that is making a difference
Published on Tuesday, 18th March 2025.
Tackling the millions of tonnes of waste being washed out to sea every year
Published on Tuesday, 11th March 2025.
We look at new and surprising ways to get clean energy - from the earth, ocean and sun.
Published on Tuesday, 4th March 2025.
How cutting-edge prosthetic limbs are helping in Gaza and beyond.
Published on Tuesday, 25th February 2025.
Solutions to help people enjoy sex more
Published on Tuesday, 18th February 2025.
How savings and credit groups and a cooking at home scheme are helping with money issues
Published on Tuesday, 11th February 2025.
We visit a coffee plantation in India to see how the sight of workers is being improved
Published on Tuesday, 4th February 2025.
How two communities learned to work together to protect their water supply.
Published on Tuesday, 28th January 2025.
A quick hello from Myra and a preview of what's coming up on People Fixing The World
Published on Tuesday, 21st January 2025.
We visit a major project in the north of England that is restoring a damaged landscape
Published on Tuesday, 31st December 2024.
Myra Anubi and team chat about some of their favourite projects of the last twelve months
Published on Tuesday, 24th December 2024.
How animals and space tech are helping tackle a growing problem
Published on Tuesday, 17th December 2024.
We look at projects trying to reduce deaths and injuries from firearms
Published on Tuesday, 10th December 2024.
We look at two projects that turn plastic and cigarette butt waste into everyday products
Published on Tuesday, 3rd December 2024.
How coconut husks are being used to prevent plastic waste and protect forests
Published on Tuesday, 26th November 2024.
Removing waste from Everest and defunct satellites from space
Published on Tuesday, 19th November 2024.
The wheelchair that uses AI and how clothes can help communicate feelings
Published on Tuesday, 12th November 2024.
How communities are fighting to protect forests and marine life
Published on Tuesday, 5th November 2024.
The prison in Philadelphia that's adopted a Scandinavian model of custody
Published on Tuesday, 29th October 2024.
2024 has been a big year for elections. But how can we make sure people can vote safely?
Published on Tuesday, 22nd October 2024.
We meet the reporters with learning difficulties who are holding power to account
Published on Tuesday, 15th October 2024.
The barbers providing mental health support and the truckers getting help at the roadside
Published on Tuesday, 8th October 2024.
We look at efforts being made to tackle the challenges of overfishing and climate change
Published on Tuesday, 1st October 2024.
How communities in Peru and Niger are making the most of their own local knowledge
Published on Tuesday, 24th September 2024.
How trains - and trucks - are taking healthcare into the communities that need it most.
Published on Tuesday, 17th September 2024.
The HIV drugs being delivered by drones in Kenya
Published on Tuesday, 10th September 2024.
We join forces with fellow BBC podcast The Climate Question for this special edition
Published on Tuesday, 20th August 2024.
How can we all spend less time on our phones?
Published on Tuesday, 6th August 2024.
We look at how sport has a unique ability to change people's lives for the better
Published on Tuesday, 30th July 2024.
We look at how sport has a unique ability to change people’s lives for the better.
Published on Tuesday, 23rd July 2024.
We look at projects to reduce the harm caused to wildlife by human behaviour
Published on Tuesday, 16th July 2024.
We look at innovative ways to improve mental health care in the US and Denmark.
Published on Tuesday, 9th July 2024.
Myra Anubi is in Nairobi at the final of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Published on Tuesday, 2nd July 2024.
We look at a model of tourism designed to benefit local communities more fairly
Published on Tuesday, 25th June 2024.
We look at solutions for conserving and reusing water.
Published on Tuesday, 18th June 2024.
The US malls being brought back to life as schools, healthcare centres and offices.
Published on Tuesday, 11th June 2024.
Exploring style and beauty for people with disabilities.
Published on Tuesday, 4th June 2024.
We meet the scientists, activists and urban planners tackling the megacity's water woes.
Published on Tuesday, 28th May 2024.
We go to El Salvador to look at projects tackling the effects of rising temperatures.
Published on Tuesday, 21st May 2024.
The Thai school that’s proving a model for Thailand and beyond.
Published on Tuesday, 14th May 2024.
We look at how entrenched sexist attitudes towards women are being tackled
Published on Tuesday, 7th May 2024.
We look at projects helping protect and restore kelp along the coastline of California
Published on Tuesday, 30th April 2024.
The simple skin-to-skin approach saving newborn lives
Published on Tuesday, 23rd April 2024.
The luxury products that love the planet.
Published on Tuesday, 16th April 2024.
How an app in Somaliland and moveable classrooms in Bangladesh help adults learn to read
Published on Tuesday, 9th April 2024.
Innovative ways that music can ease pain and bring people together.
Published on Tuesday, 2nd April 2024.
How lab-brewed dairy and urban food forests can tackle climate change and hunger
Published on Tuesday, 26th March 2024.
Could psychedelic drugs help in the treatment of mental health conditions?
Published on Tuesday, 19th March 2024.
We look at how to raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace
Published on Tuesday, 12th March 2024.
We look at innovative educational solutions in Senegal, Ghana and Pakistan.
Published on Tuesday, 5th March 2024.
How do you revive a language with no living speakers?
Published on Tuesday, 27th February 2024.
Published on Tuesday, 20th February 2024.
The communities in Nigeria and India changing mindsets
Published on Tuesday, 13th February 2024.
How beavers, bison and jaguars may help rebalance ecosystems
Published on Tuesday, 6th February 2024.
Making a living from the Amazon without cutting down trees
Published on Tuesday, 30th January 2024.
This week a host of great ideas inspired by solutions we've told you about in 2023.
Published on Tuesday, 26th December 2023.
The people trying to improve this icon of our wasteful culture
Published on Tuesday, 19th December 2023.
How the Netherlands is making a serious attempt to tackle something we can all feel
Published on Tuesday, 12th December 2023.
Published on Tuesday, 5th December 2023.
The hungry enzymes that might just be the solution to plastic pollution.
Published on Tuesday, 28th November 2023.
How hand-stitched pads and a comic book are trying to make women’s lives better
Published on Tuesday, 21st November 2023.
How two communities in Bolivia learned to work together to protect their water
Published on Tuesday, 14th November 2023.
How drug users in Scotland are being trained to treat people who have overdosed
Published on Tuesday, 7th November 2023.
Hospital trains and robot medics
Published on Tuesday, 31st October 2023.
How the humble sea cucumber and its poo is helping coral reefs
Published on Tuesday, 24th October 2023.
How volunteers are helping people in crisis in Limerick, Ireland
Published on Tuesday, 17th October 2023.
How artificial intelligence is being used to fight anxiety and save children's lives
Published on Tuesday, 10th October 2023.
How coconut husks are being used to prevent plastic waste and protect the forest
Published on Tuesday, 3rd October 2023.
From a VR game to a hobby seismometer – projects to try and make earthquakes less deadly
Published on Tuesday, 26th September 2023.
The Austrian surgeon with a radical new treatment for heart disease
Published on Tuesday, 19th September 2023.
From fast-growing food to life-saving rice, is genetic modification a good solution?
Published on Tuesday, 12th September 2023.
How women are fighting back against discrimination in agriculture
Published on Tuesday, 5th September 2023.
New ways of getting energy from the sun
Published on Tuesday, 1st August 2023.
How Dutch inventors are removing plastic from rivers with a ‘net’ made from bubbles
Published on Tuesday, 25th July 2023.
When plants and animals invade new areas, can we ‘eat them to beat them’?
Published on Tuesday, 18th July 2023.
How cryptocurrency and blockchain are being used to try and solve some everyday problems
Published on Tuesday, 11th July 2023.
How mini-biographies are helping elderly patients connect with their carers
Published on Tuesday, 4th July 2023.
Meet the innovators making our super-heated cities liveable
Published on Tuesday, 27th June 2023.
The man whose special powder turns waste soil into buildings
Published on Tuesday, 20th June 2023.
How a palm oil plantation is helping nature to thrive in Borneo
Published on Tuesday, 13th June 2023.
How kids are finding safety in numbers on their cycle to school
Published on Tuesday, 6th June 2023.
The US malls being brought back to life as schools, healthcare centres and offices
Published on Tuesday, 30th May 2023.
How to prevent conflict between people and animals
Published on Tuesday, 23rd May 2023.
How to design a neighbourhood with older people in mind
Published on Tuesday, 16th May 2023.
How conservation can be used to build peace
Published on Tuesday, 9th May 2023.
How women are using cafes, apps and oils to make menopause a little easier
Published on Tuesday, 2nd May 2023.
A new generation making sure schools are getting the government funds they are promised
Published on Tuesday, 25th April 2023.
How bacteria can help the planet and make us healthy
Published on Tuesday, 18th April 2023.
Workplaces that have welcomed people with learning disabilities on to the team
Published on Tuesday, 11th April 2023.
Published on Tuesday, 4th April 2023.
How German “fan projects” are stopping young supporters being seduced by far-right groups
Published on Tuesday, 28th March 2023.
How mobile childcare is helping low-paid workers
Published on Tuesday, 21st March 2023.
Projects aiming to make commuting safer - particularly for women.
Published on Tuesday, 14th March 2023.
Has Hungary found a better way of treating endometriosis?
Published on Tuesday, 7th March 2023.
The silent cafe and VR game trying to make life better for people with disabilities
Published on Tuesday, 28th February 2023.
Getting refugees out of tents
Published on Tuesday, 21st February 2023.
Meet the oceans’ unsung hero
Published on Tuesday, 14th February 2023.
Has a tiny silicon ring to protect women from HIV infection worked as a solution?
Published on Tuesday, 7th February 2023.
How old food and hot computers are being used to provide new sources of energy
Published on Tuesday, 31st January 2023.
Meet the people using forests to help improve mental health
Published on Tuesday, 24th January 2023.
Meet the plants that clear up oil spills and provide clean water
Published on Tuesday, 17th January 2023.
Published on Tuesday, 10th January 2023.
How Chile has found ingenious ways of finding and using water
Published on Tuesday, 3rd January 2023.
The tiny houses helping homeless people to get off the streets
Published on Tuesday, 27th December 2022.
The projects around the world using the influence of grandmothers to help improve lives
Published on Tuesday, 20th December 2022.
Can playing board games help us fix real-world problems?
Published on Tuesday, 13th December 2022.
Innovative ways to help people get a better night’s rest
Published on Tuesday, 6th December 2022.
Clever physiotherapy tools to help people get moving
Published on Tuesday, 29th November 2022.
How football can solve problems off the pitch
Published on Tuesday, 22nd November 2022.
How training women in male dominated professions is changing finances and attitudes
Published on Tuesday, 15th November 2022.
Tree-planting schemes don’t always work, so what’s the best way to do forest restoration?
Published on Tuesday, 8th November 2022.
Collecting rubbish as if your life depended on it
Published on Tuesday, 1st November 2022.
How seabirds and shellfish are protecting our planet
Published on Tuesday, 25th October 2022.
Helping young displaced people get a better start in life
Published on Tuesday, 18th October 2022.
How you can be eco-friendly after you die
Published on Tuesday, 11th October 2022.
How to stop cars from killing people
Published on Tuesday, 4th October 2022.
How volunteer dads are reducing school violence in Louisiana
Published on Tuesday, 27th September 2022.
Three women with innovative projects stopping food from going to waste
Published on Tuesday, 20th September 2022.
Can ‘fake meat’ help reduce the amount of meat we consume?
Published on Tuesday, 13th September 2022.
How police in the US are using tech, including robots, to fight crime
Published on Tuesday, 6th September 2022.
How medics can treat people without touching them
Published on Tuesday, 30th August 2022.
How 3D printing is changing lives from prosthetic limbs to classroom aids
Published on Tuesday, 23rd August 2022.
Turning discarded clothes into something useful
Published on Tuesday, 16th August 2022.
The debating platform that brings people together
Published on Tuesday, 9th August 2022.
Can we provide better shelters than tents for displaced people?
Published on Tuesday, 2nd August 2022.
How bank accounts and clever investments are improving the lives of homeless people
Published on Tuesday, 26th July 2022.
The Filipino doctor who’s found an affordable way of treating children with cancer
Published on Tuesday, 19th July 2022.
Therapy has been helping Boko Haram survivors and street youth in Liberia.
Published on Tuesday, 12th July 2022.
How enzymes and earthen pots can help keep medicines safe
Published on Tuesday, 5th July 2022.
How floating wind turbines and power-generating kites could help fight climate change
Published on Tuesday, 28th June 2022.
Meet the people finding families for some of the 5 million children living in care
Published on Tuesday, 21st June 2022.
How a race to write books and a gadget that counts words are helping child literacy
Published on Tuesday, 14th June 2022.
Borrow a stranger for a half-hour chat to challenge your prejudices
Published on Tuesday, 7th June 2022.
How can you stop women being harassed in the street?
Published on Tuesday, 31st May 2022.
Innovative projects around the world are trying to help teenage mums
Published on Tuesday, 24th May 2022.
Published on Tuesday, 17th May 2022.
The robots that navigate sewer pipes to find leaks and blockages so people don't have to
Published on Tuesday, 10th May 2022.
The lotteries that nudge people to take medicine, pick up litter or pay their taxes
Published on Tuesday, 3rd May 2022.
We look at workplaces that have welcomed people with learning disabilities on to the team
Published on Tuesday, 26th April 2022.
How cities are embracing nature to prevent flooding
Published on Tuesday, 19th April 2022.
The entrepreneurs using clever chemistry to turn scrap rubber into fuel and car tyres
Published on Tuesday, 12th April 2022.
How rearing butterflies by hand is bringing them back from the brink
Published on Tuesday, 5th April 2022.
Using underwater sounds and lights so only the fish we want to eat get caught
Published on Tuesday, 29th March 2022.
How leaves, lights, sounds and goats can improve patient health
Published on Tuesday, 22nd March 2022.
How old hair is being used to help the planet
Published on Tuesday, 15th March 2022.
How flies and bugs can help solve the planet’s problems
Published on Tuesday, 8th March 2022.
Prisoners and their families are keeping in touch with the Prison Voicemail app
Published on Tuesday, 1st March 2022.
How Iceland pioneered a new approach to domestic violence
Published on Tuesday, 22nd February 2022.
How do you get officers to step in to prevent acts of police brutality?
Published on Tuesday, 15th February 2022.
Innovative ideas in the battle against mosquitos
Published on Tuesday, 8th February 2022.
How virtual reality is helping tackle phobias and resolve conflict
Published on Tuesday, 1st February 2022.
Can playing a video game ‘inoculate’ your mind against medical misinformation?
Published on Tuesday, 25th January 2022.
The chemist using old bones and food waste to make clean drinking water
Published on Tuesday, 18th January 2022.
How are Covid dogs, a sturdy bicycle scheme and balloons beaming the internet getting on?
Published on Tuesday, 11th January 2022.
How scientists check the health of a forest by listening to it
Published on Tuesday, 4th January 2022.
Training cows to use the toilet and a bouncy castle that fights climate change
Published on Tuesday, 28th December 2021.
Meet the innovators who want to change gig work for the better
Published on Tuesday, 21st December 2021.
The energy microgrid that started with scrap metal and an old bicycle
Published on Tuesday, 14th December 2021.
A simple system for saving food and empowering women
Published on Tuesday, 7th December 2021.
Using floating solar panels and a see-through pyramid to help the climate
Published on Tuesday, 30th November 2021.
CubeSats are small but mighty. They track animals, map coral reefs and spot modern slavery
Published on Tuesday, 23rd November 2021.
Everything you need on your doorstep: a radical plan to improve our cities
Published on Tuesday, 16th November 2021.
New technology that could lead to better informed choices on climate change
Published on Tuesday, 9th November 2021.
We could save 16% of emissions by using biochar, a simple indigenous fertilising method
Published on Tuesday, 2nd November 2021.
Mobile phones and apps are being used to detect fake medicines and save lives
Published on Tuesday, 26th October 2021.
Innovative solutions for city navigation, plastic waste and forest fires
Published on Tuesday, 19th October 2021.
How computer games are being used to help children process grief and powerful emotions
Published on Tuesday, 12th October 2021.
Published on Tuesday, 5th October 2021.
The special bridges that are helping to save slow lorises and reunite rare monkeys
Published on Tuesday, 28th September 2021.
Women in Nigeria have come up with an emergency transport scheme that is saving lives
Published on Tuesday, 21st September 2021.
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, England’s rough sleepers were offered a place to live
Published on Tuesday, 14th September 2021.
Published on Tuesday, 7th September 2021.
We meet detectives hunting down old fridges to stop greenhouse gases escaping from them
Published on Tuesday, 31st August 2021.
We investigate the power of nature’s own creations to help fix climate change
Published on Tuesday, 24th August 2021.
How seaweed farmers in Zanzibar are fighting the effects of climate change
Published on Tuesday, 17th August 2021.
People in Kenya have been paid to catch swarms of locusts eating farmers’ crops
Published on Tuesday, 10th August 2021.
How a group of Kenyans reduced homophobic hate and violence
Published on Tuesday, 3rd August 2021.
How a start-up in Kenya reinvented the cooking stove
Published on Tuesday, 27th July 2021.
How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
Published on Thursday, 22nd July 2021.
Remarkable successes against some of the most unpleasant illnesses on the planet
Published on Tuesday, 20th July 2021.
Groups of Dutch friends are helping families settle when they move to a new country
Published on Tuesday, 13th July 2021.
How a highly unusual approach to disease is helping to stop dengue fever in Colombia
Published on Tuesday, 6th July 2021.
Ex-cons are running part of the US probation system, and it’s transforming young lives
Published on Tuesday, 29th June 2021.
Scientists have an incredible plan to save the northern white rhino from extinction
Published on Tuesday, 22nd June 2021.
How a network of mentors is helping young Africans achieve their dreams
Published on Tuesday, 15th June 2021.
A helpline for jealous and violent men is aiming to cut domestic violence
Published on Tuesday, 8th June 2021.
One man's plan to make the Sinai desert fertile
Published on Tuesday, 1st June 2021.
Are stickers still saving lives? Was a coral reef repaired?
Published on Tuesday, 25th May 2021.
It has taken 40 years, but this man has regrown a patch of rainforest in the Amazon
Published on Tuesday, 18th May 2021.
A home for marine life, but perhaps not in the place you’d expect
Published on Tuesday, 11th May 2021.
Scientists are checking up on the health of forests by analysing the sounds in them.
Published on Tuesday, 4th May 2021.
Marlo is sniffing out coronavirus in the UK, and Thor is tracking poachers in Tanzania
Published on Tuesday, 27th April 2021.
One man’s mission to transform millions of lives by selling them bicycles
Published on Tuesday, 20th April 2021.
Machines to shred, melt and mould waste plastic are popping up around the world
Published on Tuesday, 13th April 2021.
Published on Tuesday, 6th April 2021.
How we could improve care for the elderly by monitoring their use of home appliances
Published on Tuesday, 30th March 2021.
Can you construct a building by reusing materials from ones that have been knocked down?
Published on Tuesday, 23rd March 2021.
Togo has found a new way to send emergency cash to people struggling in the pandemic
Published on Tuesday, 16th March 2021.
A greenhouse powered by the wind has made it possible to grow crops on arid land
Published on Tuesday, 9th March 2021.
Clever ways to persuade people to fix old things instead of throwing them away
Published on Tuesday, 2nd March 2021.
How the latest technology is helping to tackle head injuries in sport
Published on Tuesday, 23rd February 2021.
The small team of Indian scientists who think they’ve found a new way to kill superbugs
Published on Tuesday, 16th February 2021.
Batteries made of building blocks and volcanic rock
Published on Tuesday, 9th February 2021.
A clever way to provide life-saving oxygen
Published on Tuesday, 2nd February 2021.
Suits originally designed for astronauts are helping midwives save lives
Published on Tuesday, 26th January 2021.
The tiny urban forests bringing nature to the heart of the city
Published on Tuesday, 19th January 2021.
Dhruv Boruah’s mission is to inspire other people to solve problems facing the planet
Published on Tuesday, 12th January 2021.
Doughnut economics in action - how we can live well and save the planet at the same time
Published on Tuesday, 5th January 2021.
Hydrating sweets for the elderly go on sale and how a housing experiment coped with Covid
Published on Tuesday, 29th December 2020.
Published on Tuesday, 22nd December 2020.
How meat grown in labs could reduce our environmental impact
Published on Tuesday, 15th December 2020.
Growing packaging, coffins and whole houses out of eco-friendly mycelium
Published on Tuesday, 8th December 2020.
A new kind of solar cell is made by drying a special liquid on a surface
Published on Tuesday, 1st December 2020.
How to make train journeys greener using the power of the sun
Published on Tuesday, 24th November 2020.
Why former criminals are being chosen for jobs at hundreds of companies in a small US city
Published on Tuesday, 17th November 2020.
Answers to your questions about regrowing the rainforest and other stories we’ve covered
Published on Tuesday, 10th November 2020.
Brilliant ideas from school kids to help solve crime, make life safer and much more
Published on Tuesday, 3rd November 2020.
Saving dolphins from stranding on beaches - we meet the team improving survival rates
Published on Tuesday, 27th October 2020.
Inside the “sneakernet” - the people carrying websites to places that are off the grid
Published on Tuesday, 20th October 2020.
Jellyfish could be used to filter microplastics from water and develop new medicines
Published on Tuesday, 13th October 2020.
US police are being taught what to do if they're worried about a colleague’s actions
Published on Tuesday, 6th October 2020.
Better facial recognition and changing algorithms - how to fight racial bias in AI
Published on Tuesday, 29th September 2020.
AI to help lifeguards in Israel and weather forecasts for fishermen on Lake Victoria
Published on Tuesday, 22nd September 2020.
Old mobile phones are being used to catch illegal loggers in the rainforest
Published on Tuesday, 15th September 2020.
Looking for the happiest places in the world and finding out what makes them happy
Published on Tuesday, 8th September 2020.
Three radical new ways to save data – in DNA, glass and magnets
Published on Tuesday, 1st September 2020.
The people hoping to use sanitary pad micro-factories and silicone cups to help women
Published on Tuesday, 25th August 2020.
Mums in Madagascar are ensuring others get the treatment that has transformed their lives
Published on Tuesday, 18th August 2020.
Implanted devices can predict when something is about to go wrong with a patient’s heart
Published on Tuesday, 11th August 2020.
Published on Tuesday, 4th August 2020.
Making rainforests a profitable investment
Published on Tuesday, 28th July 2020.
Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations
Published on Tuesday, 21st July 2020.
How two life-saving apps were adapted to fix problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
Published on Tuesday, 14th July 2020.
Balloons and satellites could help get more people get on to the internet
Published on Tuesday, 7th July 2020.
High-tech alternatives to bees include spraying pollen from drones to pollinate plants
Published on Tuesday, 30th June 2020.
The exciting new tools helping to save some of our most endangered animals.
Published on Tuesday, 23rd June 2020.
How an online test and a phone might be able to help some people with their finances.
Published on Tuesday, 16th June 2020.
Clever inventions by children that could improve our lives, from apps to robots
Published on Tuesday, 9th June 2020.
How do you make work a better place? Get rid of managers, say some companies.
Published on Tuesday, 2nd June 2020.
Wind-powered ships are sailing cargo around the world again to help cut pollution.
Published on Tuesday, 26th May 2020.
Scientists are trying to tap unlikely-sounding energy sources - like the leaves on trees.
Published on Tuesday, 19th May 2020.
Published on Tuesday, 12th May 2020.
How sport can change the lives of young people from some of the toughest backgrounds.
Published on Tuesday, 5th May 2020.
How blockchain could solve some of the world’s problems.
Published on Tuesday, 28th April 2020.
We visit farmers growing lettuce, herbs and strawberries indoors in the middle of cities
Published on Tuesday, 21st April 2020.
How sound barriers and noise sensors are helping to make the planet more peaceful
Published on Tuesday, 14th April 2020.
Would robot shuttles, buses on demand and free rides persuade you to ditch your car?
Published on Tuesday, 7th April 2020.
Published on Tuesday, 31st March 2020.
How human sewage is being recycled to recover a valuable chemical
Published on Tuesday, 24th March 2020.
Teaching men to look after their babies and how this can help cut violence against women
Published on Tuesday, 17th March 2020.
It’s a flightless bird close to extinction, but the kakapo recovery team is on the case.
Published on Tuesday, 10th March 2020.
“Fabulous idea” or “waste of money”? Your thoughts on some of the solutions we’ve covered
Published on Tuesday, 3rd March 2020.
An idea used in video games is helping LGBTQ people in the Middle East talk safely online
Published on Tuesday, 25th February 2020.
People in these flats promise to spend two hours a week together to tackle loneliness
Published on Tuesday, 18th February 2020.
Working with men and boys to tackle everyday sexism
Published on Tuesday, 11th February 2020.
If exercise were a drug, almost everyone over 65 would want to take it
Published on Tuesday, 4th February 2020.
Women in Uganda are learning how to treat their neighbours for depression
Published on Tuesday, 28th January 2020.
Forget the treadmill - these people have turned doing good deeds into a workout
Published on Tuesday, 21st January 2020.
Preparing for disasters long before they strike rather than rescuing people afterwards
Published on Tuesday, 14th January 2020.
When drug prices went up, pharmacists stepped in to make medicines themselves
Published on Tuesday, 7th January 2020.
The plans to use lasers or asteroids to move our planet away from the sun
Published on Tuesday, 31st December 2019.
Stopping forest fires with goats and more – an update on projects we’ve visited before
Published on Tuesday, 24th December 2019.
Four clever ways to reduce carbon emissions from deliveries
Published on Tuesday, 17th December 2019.
Rapists often get away without being convicted – South Africa thinks it has an answer
Published on Tuesday, 10th December 2019.
Children in Uganda are running their own businesses thanks to special classes in school
Published on Tuesday, 3rd December 2019.
Silica beads and whiter clouds - ideas to stop the world’s ice melting
Published on Tuesday, 26th November 2019.
Women who have left abusive partners are learning how to train their own protection dogs
Published on Tuesday, 19th November 2019.
The innovative fire alarm designed to protect South Africa’s poorest communities
Published on Tuesday, 12th November 2019.
The banana is under threat from a deadly disease. These people are trying to save it.
Published on Tuesday, 5th November 2019.
Designing eco-friendly lorries to make cleaner, greener deliveries
Published on Tuesday, 29th October 2019.
Gamers are helping scientists to analyse research and develop new drugs
Published on Tuesday, 22nd October 2019.
Energy companies have come together in Finland to tackle climate change
Published on Tuesday, 15th October 2019.
How a grocery store is bringing health care to people who can’t usually afford it
Published on Tuesday, 8th October 2019.
Instead of sending all our waste to landfill, some companies are using it to make energy
Published on Tuesday, 1st October 2019.
Copenhagen is experimenting with a new way of analysing emergency calls
Published on Tuesday, 24th September 2019.
A team in Kenya has introduced motorbike ambulances for people bitten by snakes
Published on Tuesday, 17th September 2019.
How a doctor in Colombia changed the way cities monitor and prevent violence
Published on Tuesday, 10th September 2019.
Scientists hope a new test will save millions from drinking arsenic in their water
Published on Tuesday, 3rd September 2019.
The humble oyster is helping to keep the oceans clean and protect shorelines
Published on Tuesday, 27th August 2019.
Making cement that locks in carbon dioxide instead of releasing it into the atmosphere
Published on Tuesday, 20th August 2019.
The motorbike taxi app where the drivers and passengers are all women.
Published on Tuesday, 13th August 2019.
How to increase the cost of causing climate change
Published on Tuesday, 6th August 2019.
A group in California is teaching families how to help loved ones charged with crimes
Published on Tuesday, 30th July 2019.
Solar-powered lamps are giving girls independence and stopping them becoming child brides
Published on Tuesday, 23rd July 2019.
How Italy’s radical decision to close its mental asylums shaped the way we think today
Published on Tuesday, 16th July 2019.
One primary school has found a way to deliver therapy to about 10% of its students
Published on Tuesday, 9th July 2019.
Neighbours in the US are using cameras that read car number plates to cut crime
Published on Tuesday, 2nd July 2019.
Published on Tuesday, 25th June 2019.
In 2001 Portugal decriminalised personal drug use to tackle a heroin crisis.
Published on Tuesday, 18th June 2019.
The projects that are trying to take CO2 out of the atmosphere
Published on Tuesday, 11th June 2019.
An Italian doctor asks patients to stay awake all night, to try to allay their depression
Published on Tuesday, 4th June 2019.
We hear what you, our listeners, are doing to tackle the problem of plastic waste.
Published on Tuesday, 28th May 2019.
Can the cattle ranch be updated to fight climate change?
Published on Tuesday, 21st May 2019.
Some companies are cutting the hours their staff work but keeping their pay the same
Published on Tuesday, 14th May 2019.
Published on Tuesday, 7th May 2019.
Scientists are building a database to help them tell exactly where wood has come from
Published on Tuesday, 30th April 2019.
Should we reuse and refill plastic packaging to limit the amount being thrown away?
Published on Tuesday, 23rd April 2019.
US residents fed up with dog mess are using a high-tech solution
Published on Tuesday, 16th April 2019.
Scientists are hoping to stop diseases spreading by changing the mosquito population
Published on Tuesday, 9th April 2019.
Women who have had surgery for fistula are making sure others get life-changing treatment
Published on Tuesday, 2nd April 2019.
How phages – viruses that kill bacteria – are saving lives.
Published on Tuesday, 26th March 2019.
Meet the online volunteers helping Europol track down child abusers and their victims
Published on Tuesday, 19th March 2019.
Could a centre in the buffer zone that divides Cyprus bring two communities together?
Published on Tuesday, 12th March 2019.
Making precious video memories for children
Published on Tuesday, 5th March 2019.
Could dissolving mountains of old clothes help create material for new ones?
Published on Tuesday, 26th February 2019.
How machine learning could be used to predict who will take their own life
Published on Tuesday, 19th February 2019.
A single-sex gym in Turkey is helping women exercise and become entrepreneurs
Published on Tuesday, 12th February 2019.
Over the past 10 years, Nepal has almost doubled its population of Bengal tigers
Published on Tuesday, 5th February 2019.
A shopping mall in Sweden only sells recycled items, thanks to its clever location
Published on Tuesday, 29th January 2019.
Can these games help autistic children get the right education?
Published on Tuesday, 22nd January 2019.
In the Integrity Idol talent show, it doesn’t matter if you can sing or dance
Published on Tuesday, 15th January 2019.
Campaigns in countries with low birth rates are trying to get people to have more babies
Published on Tuesday, 8th January 2019.
We update you on stories from 2018 including a plan to catch junk in space
Published on Tuesday, 1st January 2019.
Small boxes of books placed across the world are bringing people together
Published on Tuesday, 25th December 2018.
A growing network of high-tech schools aims to tackle a ‘crisis’ in African education
Published on Tuesday, 18th December 2018.
How a Dutch city is trying to reduce violence by changing the colour of street lights
Published on Tuesday, 11th December 2018.
Buddy Benches are proving popular in Irish schools
Published on Tuesday, 4th December 2018.
What’s being done to clean up the shipping industry and make it less polluting?
Published on Tuesday, 27th November 2018.
How time banks allow people to save and spend their hours
Published on Tuesday, 20th November 2018.
Japan’s Kashiwa City has redesigned buildings and jobs to adapt to an ageing population
Published on Tuesday, 13th November 2018.
In Kenya you can be jailed for four years for carrying a single-use plastic bag.
Published on Tuesday, 6th November 2018.
Stranger Danger: Still the best message to keep children safe?
Published on Tuesday, 30th October 2018.
Two tech start-ups are using wearable technology to trick the brain to solve problems
Published on Tuesday, 23rd October 2018.
The sisters-for-hire who are trying to coax reclusive Japanese men out of their rooms
Published on Tuesday, 16th October 2018.
A project in a Kenyan slum is pumping water through pipes suspended in the air
Published on Tuesday, 9th October 2018.
Why volunteers are fixing other people’s stuff free of charge
Published on Tuesday, 2nd October 2018.
Three clever ideas that help improve the day-to-day lives of people with dementia
Published on Tuesday, 25th September 2018.
The schools changing lives through running and music
Published on Tuesday, 18th September 2018.
How do you create green spaces in the middle of a city?
Published on Tuesday, 11th September 2018.
A new project is offering homeless people barcodes, which you can scan to make a donation
Published on Tuesday, 4th September 2018.
A scheme in Italy that rewards people for taking sustainable modes of transport
Published on Tuesday, 28th August 2018.
How two inventors are trying to revolutionise the way we keep things cold
Published on Tuesday, 21st August 2018.
An unusual hotel is helping to breathe life back into Italy’s abandoned villages
Published on Tuesday, 14th August 2018.
Why millions listen to this nine-year-old girl's advice
Published on Tuesday, 7th August 2018.
Can a controversial crash course in medicine help improve the healthcare system in India?
Published on Tuesday, 31st July 2018.
Three projects that are limiting the impact of wildfires
Published on Tuesday, 24th July 2018.
A highway in the US is being used to generate power and make toilet paper
Published on Tuesday, 17th July 2018.
Two projects that make life better for people keeping rubbish off the streets
Published on Tuesday, 10th July 2018.
The young Gazan engineer making bricks out of ash and rubble
Published on Tuesday, 3rd July 2018.
Can adapting your lifestyle add 10 years to your lifespan?
Published on Tuesday, 26th June 2018.
The start-up that allows people to self test for STIs in secret
Published on Tuesday, 19th June 2018.
A competition to design a gadget that will send a secret alert if someone is attacked.
Published on Tuesday, 12th June 2018.
Why would you build someone half a house?
Published on Tuesday, 5th June 2018.
Tech solutions for fighting food waste
Published on Tuesday, 29th May 2018.
How do you improve the lives of the very poorest people? Sometimes it’s the simple things.
Published on Tuesday, 22nd May 2018.
How a new Nigerian tech startup is turning small scale farms into financial investments
Published on Tuesday, 15th May 2018.
The volunteers catching speeding motorists
Published on Tuesday, 8th May 2018.
Can the public can succeed where the politicians have failed?
Published on Tuesday, 1st May 2018.
Could bilingual schools help bring peace to a seemingly intractable conflict?
Published on Tuesday, 24th April 2018.
How big cash rewards can drive innovation
Published on Tuesday, 17th April 2018.
Meet the people trying to tackle loneliness in Frome in the United Kingdom.
Published on Tuesday, 10th April 2018.
Naomi is not your average teacher. For one thing, she is only six months old.
Published on Monday, 2nd April 2018.
How do you clean up the rubbish that orbits the Earth?
Published on Tuesday, 27th March 2018.
A project that tries to stop people returning to a life of homelessness after hospital
Published on Tuesday, 20th March 2018.
Meet the people designing clever ways to protect our feathered friends.
Published on Tuesday, 13th March 2018.
Recycling chewing gum to fight litter
Published on Tuesday, 6th March 2018.
Can you persuade potential extremists out of their views by chatting to them on Facebook?
Published on Tuesday, 27th February 2018.
An app is helping people donate their leftover drugs to people who can't afford them.
Published on Tuesday, 20th February 2018.
Could this theatre technique help improve mental health?
Published on Tuesday, 13th February 2018.
How hydroponics – growing plants in water – is shaping the future of food.
Published on Tuesday, 6th February 2018.
Could paying volunteers help struggling economies?
Published on Tuesday, 30th January 2018.
Naomi is not your average teacher. For one thing, she is only six months old
Published on Tuesday, 23rd January 2018.
The movement turning streets into playgrounds
Published on Tuesday, 16th January 2018.
Meet the people trying to save the endangered underwater species.
Published on Tuesday, 9th January 2018.
World Hacks returns to stories from last year to see how these projects have developed.
Published on Tuesday, 2nd January 2018.
This week we hear about three small solutions trying to make a dent on some big problems.
Published on Tuesday, 26th December 2017.
Can a tiny silicon ring lower HIV transmission rates in Malawi?
Published on Tuesday, 19th December 2017.
Why can’t wheelchair users just roll onto aeroplanes?
Published on Tuesday, 12th December 2017.
The drones delivering life-saving supplies in Malawi.
Published on Tuesday, 5th December 2017.
Can an app help people survive cardiac arrests by alerting first aiders who are nearby?
Published on Tuesday, 28th November 2017.
The former Neo-Nazi helping others to quit.
Published on Tuesday, 21st November 2017.
The story of how a nation came together to wean its teenagers off drink and drugs.
Published on Tuesday, 14th November 2017.
How volunteers are plotting the world to put 'invisible people' on the map.
Published on Tuesday, 7th November 2017.
Germany has come up with a clever way of increasing the number of its public toilets.
Published on Tuesday, 31st October 2017.
Could an app, that divides the world into 3m squares, give everyone a unique address?
Published on Tuesday, 24th October 2017.
Is it possible to force companies to pay men and women the same?
Published on Tuesday, 17th October 2017.
The Viking clubs where men fight their demons.
Published on Tuesday, 10th October 2017.
A new device lets nurses in rural Gambia find and stop cervical cancer.
Published on Tuesday, 3rd October 2017.
A new process uses bacteria that eat methane gas to make food.
Published on Tuesday, 26th September 2017.
The app that wants to keep money flowing in your local community.
Published on Tuesday, 19th September 2017.
How to save lives with a condom and a company creating voices for people who cannot speak
Published on Tuesday, 12th September 2017.
The story of one sick toddler that was a wake-up call for The Netherlands' farmers.
Published on Tuesday, 5th September 2017.
An entrepreneur in Nigeria is using an app to solve the blood shortage.
Published on Tuesday, 29th August 2017.
How do you help female doctors get back to work after having families?
Published on Tuesday, 22nd August 2017.
Can cable cars help poor communities feel more connected?
Published on Tuesday, 15th August 2017.
Should everyone be given a wage, whether they work or not?
Published on Tuesday, 8th August 2017.
The life changing moment that cuts the chances of gunshot victims being shot again.
Published on Tuesday, 1st August 2017.
How do you get children who're victims of emotional abuse or physical harm to open up?
Published on Tuesday, 25th July 2017.
A new frontier in the war against global warming.
Published on Tuesday, 18th July 2017.
The volunteers photographing dead chickens to stop the spread of dangerous diseases.
Published on Tuesday, 11th July 2017.
A school in San Francisco thinks it can speed up education using clever technology.
Published on Tuesday, 4th July 2017.
How one company is turning sewer waste into a valuable energy source
Published on Tuesday, 27th June 2017.
We meet a man behind a sexual health revolution in Thailand.
Published on Tuesday, 20th June 2017.
A project in the US puts doulas into prisons to give babies a good start in life.
Published on Tuesday, 13th June 2017.
Would you rent your clothes?
Published on Tuesday, 6th June 2017.
How the stickers on bus windows are cutting accidents in Kenya
Published on Tuesday, 30th May 2017.
Can “social plastic” keep the oceans clean and fight poverty too?
Published on Tuesday, 23rd May 2017.
We travel to rural Pakistan to find an innovative scheme.
Published on Tuesday, 16th May 2017.
The man getting emergency help to accidents using just a mobile phone. And Plastic Roads.
Published on Tuesday, 9th May 2017.
How “water cremation” offers a new way of dealing with dead bodies.
Published on Tuesday, 2nd May 2017.
The group in Taiwan helping disabled people to fulfil their sexual needs
Published on Friday, 28th April 2017.
Can the wisdom of the crowd answer a two thousand year old question?
Published on Tuesday, 18th April 2017.
Could postal workers help solve the social care crisis?
Published on Tuesday, 11th April 2017.
An experimental nursery helps parents save money by letting them work childcare shifts.
Published on Tuesday, 4th April 2017.
A scheme to solve the problem of human waste disposal in Haiti.
Published on Saturday, 25th March 2017.
How China’s “sun king” dreamed of cities built of solar panels
Published on Saturday, 18th March 2017.
How young Dutch people and Syrian refugees are becoming housemates.
Published on Saturday, 11th March 2017.
A special programme exploring how China is finding ways to cut air pollution.
Published on Saturday, 4th March 2017.
Can you increase turnout at elections by handing out a cash prize for one lucky voter?
Published on Saturday, 25th February 2017.
Meet the woman who’s made it her mission to stop Danes throwing away food
Published on Saturday, 18th February 2017.
One man’s mission to try and save lives using sunlight.
Published on Saturday, 11th February 2017.
How apps and armchair volunteers are helping blind people around the world.
Published on Saturday, 4th February 2017.
How to fact-check the internet in a post-truth age.
Published on Saturday, 28th January 2017.
How they’re re-designing the road system to reclaim the city from cars in Barcelona.
Published on Saturday, 21st January 2017.
How a homeshare scheme is matching older people and students in Paris.
Published on Saturday, 14th January 2017.
Why they’re handing out work permits to refugees in Jordan.
Published on Saturday, 7th January 2017.
Smarter ways for migrants to send money home.
Published on Saturday, 24th December 2016.
How they’re giving cash, with strings attached, to poor mothers in Peru.
Published on Saturday, 17th December 2016.
What happens when you teach kids how to think for themselves?
Published on Saturday, 10th December 2016.
How a new training system could reduce deadly police shootings in the US
Published on Saturday, 3rd December 2016.
Can catching fog solve the global water crisis?
Published on Saturday, 26th November 2016.
Is it better to give refugees money, not food?
Published on Saturday, 19th November 2016.
