With rising international tensions over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, a decision will soon be made on whether a strategic cyber attack will be used against the rogue nation.
Researchers at Google and Harvard are both working towards the magic number that will produce what's called quantum supremacy.
Countries and corporations face an information flood transforming markets and supply chains. Communities are the linchpin for balancing trade-offs that cannot be decided at the top, or by...
In New Delhi slums, a charity is training women paralegals to represent residents being denied their benefits, helping them file grievances with the government through text messages.
The shift to electric vehicles and renewable energy means the demand for batteries – and the metals they are made from – are set to increase rapidly. But at what cost?
Asia-Pacific’s cities of the future, ranked by the Financial Times’ fDi Intelligence unit.
CERN's director general explains why scientists should be heard at the highest levels of policy-making.
Screen time may not be as bad for young people as we might think, according to new research.
A new book depicts poverty’s move to American suburbs, explains how this shift occurred over the last 25 years.
The expansion of the Internet of Things seems to be bringing us back to something like that old feudal model, where people didn’t own the items they used every day, argues Professor Joshu...
The battery powering your phone is built partly of the backs of Congolese children working illegally in cobalt mines. The Global Battery Alliance aims to put an end to this exploitation b...
With many travel hot-spots at breaking point and destinations like Santorini and the Cinque Terre introducing caps on tourist numbers, what needs to be done to stop overcrowding and make ...
A study that analyzed large-scale genetic data from more than 200,000 people showed the human genome is still evolving.
China's entry into the WTO in 2001 has less of an impact on Germany than the US. Dalia Marin explores why.
Humanity has pushed Earth and ourselves to the brink of destruction - but there is growing evidence that we are beginning to head in the right direction.
