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A higher tax rate on the wealthy is one way to create a fairer, more inclusive society. Education, social safety nets and the fight against corruption all play a part too.
Tens of thousands of children are skipping class to demand more action to stop climate change. And their inspiration is the 16-year-old girl who took Davos by storm.
Living with Tigers is a programme that helps people to live alongside tigers without conflict - and could be key to the majestic wild animals' survival.
This graphic from the United Nations shows just how much water goes into an average burger.
Although Germany has been led by a woman, Chancellor Angela Merkel, for the past 13 years, women are still under-represented in politics and business.
As the baby boom generation now reaches retirement age, concerns regarding the sustainability of our pension and health care systems are mounting. Understanding the origins of this phenom...
In recent months, 30-year-old Niru Sonowal and a dozen other women from her northeast Indian village have trekked on foot for miles every day in search of work.
More than half of the world's wild coffee species, including Arabica and Robusta are under threat from climate change and deforestation, say scientists.
The collapse of farming as a result of the new diseases explorers brought to the Americas might even have changed the climate, according to new research.
The 'Bus of Solidarity' brings lawyers, notaries and social workers to remote parts of Kyrgyzstan to resolve legal issues - free of charge.
A study of the changing use of French vowels highlights how capital cities influence everything about a culture, including language.
The previously common sea star is now considered an endangered species, as warming oceans contribute to a dwindling population.
In a bid to drive solar energy production, Pakistan's government has tabled a new bill that would give renewable energy manufacturers and assemblers in the country a five-year exemption f...
With a combination of exemplary success and humble communication, people can help foster perseverance in others, write Berno Buechel and Lydia Mechtenberg.
As New York's Highline shows, people will often only use a park if they see other people like them there too.
